Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with complain in American Collocation
complain
verb
intransitive/transitive
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/kəmˈpleɪn/
strongly
bitterly
loudly
vociferously
Customers are complaining vociferously about the quality of the service.
often
constantly
frequently
often
regularly
repeatedly
Children frequently complain of boredom on long journeys.
not often or not much
rarely
They rarely complained about their heavy workload.
in a public way
formally
publicly
The club formally complained to the Football Association.
The solution was my suggestion so I can hardly complain when it didn’t work.