Complaining

A Complainer communicates their negative emotional reaction to some state of affairs in a Complaint to an Addressee. As an alternative to the specific Complaint, the Topic of the speaker's Complaint may be specified. Likewise, instead of (or in addition to) the Complainer, a Medium may be stated. The top US commander in Iraq complained to the Pentagon last winter that his supply situation was so poor that it threatened Army troops' ability to fight. He said he will lodge a complaint with the ACCC. DNI On the rare occasions I complained to him about media bias, Peter immediately ordered up a story that included conservative objections to mainstream reports . The Op-Eds were full of gripes about the recent tax hike.