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Complain vs Remonstrance - What's the difference?

complain | remonstrance |

As a verb complain

is to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

As a noun remonstrance is

a remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, protest or objection.

complain

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
    • Joe was always complaining about the noise made by his neighbours.
  • * Milton
    • O loss of sight, of thee I most complain !
  • To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
    • They've complained about me to the police again.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?
  • To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
    • the complaining bed-springs

    Synonyms

    * grumble * grouse * grump * bitch * beef * gripe * whine * kvetch * moan * whinge * See also

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs

    remonstrance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, protest or objection.
  • *
    • Fred's voice had taken a tone of grumbling remonstrance .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
  • * 2004 , (Perry Link), " China: A new postmortem on Tiananmen," , 15 March:
    • In the past, emperors based their right to rule mostly on heredity and so could listen to remonstrance from below without necessarily feeling that legitimacy was at stake.

    Related terms

    * remonstrate * remonstration