complain
v.v. to say that you are unhappy or not satisfied with something. You use this when you want to tell someone that something is wrong or annoying.
v. to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment. Intransitive in its primary sense, though it often takes a prepositional phrase or a 'that' clause as a complement.
He likes to complain about the cold weather.
If the food is cold when it arrives, you should complain to the manager immediately.
While some residents chose to complain about the noise levels, others simply invested in better insulation to block out the sound of the nearby construction.
From Middle English complaynen, from Old French complaindre, from Medieval Latin complangere (“to bewail, complain”), from Latin com- (“together”) + plangere (“to strike, beat, as the breast in extreme grief, bewail”); see plain, plaint.
Typically takes the preposition 'about' for the subject of dissatisfaction, or 'to' for the recipient of the message.
She complained me about the noise.She complained to me about the noise.Complain is intransitive and cannot take a person as a direct object; you must use the preposition 'to'.