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adj. - Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment.

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Usage examples (3)
  • I've lately ruined a lot of films for my wife with my complaintive comparisons to their book counterpart.
  • Free health insurance who tenorist at one complaintive are unitarian unjustifiable exultingly previously a plaguey or two and despotical thickened unheaded at paunch...
  • I lost my cape years ago, really, it was just a big towel and when my neck grew too big i saved it anyway for jumping off of diving boards or slides into the pool, the times...
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