COMPLAINING
Verb
complaining
present participle of complain
Noun
complaining (plural complainings)
The act by which someone complaints; a complaint.
Source: Wiktionary
COMPLAIN
Com*plain", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Complained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Complaining.] Etym: [F. complaindre, LL. complangere; com- + L.
plangere to strike, beat, to beat the breast or head as a sign of
grief, to lament. See Plaint.]
1. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret.
etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of.
Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
O lose of sight, of three I most complain! Milton.
2. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king Shak.
Syn.
– To repine; grumble; deplore; bewail; grieve; mourn; regret;
murmur.
Com*plain", v. t.
Definition: To lament; to bewail. [Obs.]
They might the grievance inwardly complain. Daniel.
By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition