se plaindre — meaning in English

English meaning

• chunter verb To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
• complain verb To express dissatisfaction, annoyance, or pain about something.
• gripe verb To complain, often persistently about something minor.
• moan noun A low, drawn-out sound expressing pain, sadness, or pleasure.

Senses

se plaindre is used for these senses in English:

• chunter (British, Ireland, dialect) To grumble, complain.
• complain (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
• gripe (obsolete, transitive) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
• moan (transitive, chiefly, UK) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. [from 13th c.]
• mouth off (intransitive, slang) To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner.

chunter — full definition

1. verb To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
2. verb To grumble, complain.

complain — full definition

1. verb To express dissatisfaction, annoyance, or pain about something.
2. verb To make a formal report or accusation, especially to an authority.

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