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Definition of Complaintive
1. Adjective. Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment. "A complaining boss"
Similar to: Fretful, Querulous, Whiney, Whiny, Protestant
Antonyms: Uncomplaining
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complaintive
Literary usage of Complaintive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1807)
"The hollow banks resound, " The winding streams and hanging hills repeat " Loud
groans from ev'ry herd, from ev'ry fold " complaintive murmurs ; heaps on ..."
2. Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's by Thomas Heywood, Lucian, Desiderius Erasmus, Ovid, Joannes Ravisius Textor, Jacob Cats (1903)
"... thou art too complaintive,who accuses First Timón to me for his late abuses,
Because he with his gates set open wide, Gave thee free-leaue, ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1902)
"... out of yis booke.i It is inacted by ye session of Templepatrick yi all complaints
come in to ye Session by way of bill, and yl ye complaintive is to put ..."
4. An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland: From the Introduction of Christianity by Michael John Brenan (1840)
"A Catholic confutation of Rider's claim of antiquity.—Rouen, 1608. 2. An answer
to certain complaintive letters of an afflicted Catholic for religion. 3. ..."
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