complaint: translation
noun
1 act of complaining
ADJECTIVE
▪ serious
▪ common, familiar, frequent
▪ minor, small
▪ only
▪ My only complaint is that the website is a little difficult to use.
▪ biggest, chief, main, major, primary
▪ One of the chief complaints is the cost.
▪ formal, official
▪ legitimate, valid
▪ consumer, customer
▪ citizen (AmE)
▪ civil, criminal (AmE)
▪ discrimination, harassment
▪ ethics (AmE)
VERB + COMPLAINT
▪ have
▪ I have a complaint about the food.
▪ bring, file, lodge, make, raise, register, voice
▪ He brought a complaint against his former manager.
▪ They filed a complaint with the Commission.
▪ get, have, receive
▪ We have had some serious complaints from parents.
▪ address, deal with, handle, hear, investigate, respond to
▪ The tribunal heard complaints against the director.
▪ resolve
▪ ignore
▪ dismiss, reject
COMPLAINT + VERB
▪ arise
▪ complaints arising from late payment
▪ concern sth, relate to sth
▪ allege sth
COMPLAINT + NOUN
▪ complaint procedure (AmE), complaints procedure (BrE), complaint system (AmE)
▪ letter (esp.AmE) (usually letter of complaint in BrE and AmE)
▪ form
PREPOSITION
▪ complaint about
▪ a complaint about working conditions
▪ complaint against
▪ a complaint against the police
▪ complaint from
▪ a complaint from a customer
▪ complaint of
▪ a complaint of unfair dismissal
▪ complaint to
▪ to make a complaint to the authorities
PHRASES
▪ cause for complaint, grounds for complaint
▪ The way I was treated gave me no cause for complaint.
▪ a chorus of complaint
▪ a letter of complaint
▪ a matter of complaint (BrE, law)
2 illness
ADJECTIVE
▪ minor
▪ chronic
▪ common
▪ Not being able to sleep at night is a very common complaint.
▪ back, chest, etc.
▪ physical
▪ medical
VERB + COMPLAINT
▪ have, suffer from
▪ He has a minor skin complaint.