Complaint and Insult

Complaint

Complaint noun - An expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment.

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Insult and complaint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insult" instead a noun "Complaint".

Insult noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

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Complaint and insult are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complaint" instead a noun "Insult".

Nearby Words: insulting, insulted, insultingly

exact	exact complaint	exact insult
common	common complaint	common insult
original	original complaint	original insult
friendly	friendly complaint	friendly insult
Other adjectives: many, single, real, huge, major, general, final, minor, slightest, outright, further, occasional, favorite, biggest.

Near the opening of the 1983 To Be or Not to Be, authorities rush into the theater, stopping the performance of "Naughty Nazis." The complaint was that it could be construed as an insult to Chancellor Hitler.

Source: Comically Missing The Point / Live-Action Films
This was meant as an affectionate Stealth Insult to the franchise, as this was such a common complaint about the game that the developers actually changed Steve's appearance before re-releasing it on PS2.

Source: Textual Celebrity Resemblance
Stealth Insult: Edward Seymour to Henry VIII when talking about Catherine Parr's regency: She has great clarity of mind, and a woman's touch which soothes and cures where a man would usually rush into anger and complaint.

Source: Series / The Tudors

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