Applause
Applause noun - Enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval.
Complaints is an antonym for applause.
Complaints
Both words in one sentence
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The Immodest Orgasm: A sex scene between Geralt and Yennefer about halfway through the book elicits both applause and complaints from people in nearby rooms.
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In The Time of Contempt a sex scene between Geralt and Yennefer elicits both applause and complaints from people in nearby rooms.
Source: The Immodest Orgasm -
Arriving early would have led not to applause but to both complaints from passengers, whose hotel reservations were for the following day, and annoyance from the US Cutoms office in New York (and pissing them off would be very bad for business).
Source: Film / Titanic (1997)
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