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counter-complaint
noun[ C ]
(alsocountercomplaint)uk /ˈkaʊn.tə.kəmˌpleɪnt/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.kəmˌpleɪnt/
a complaint someone makes against a person who has made a complaint against them:
He then sought to file a counter-complaint against her.
The Europeans immediately submitted a counter-complaint.
They had prepared a list of counter-complaints to lodge against the agency.
Complications arise when employers make countercomplaints.
These two lines of complaint and counter-complaint recur at various points within the subsequent talk.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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be/go on at someoneidiom
bellyaching
bemoan
bewail
brouhaha
bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
carping
clamour
complain
make noisesidiom
mutter
nag
pardon
representation
squawk
start on at someone
unreported
vituperation
vituperatively
whiner
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