bitter complaint
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbitterandcomplaint
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bitter
adjective
uk/ˈbɪt.ər/us/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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complaint
noun
uk/kəmˈpleɪnt/us/kəmˈpleɪnt/
a statement that something is wrong or ...
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(Definition ofbitterandcomplaintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That was hisbittercomplaint.
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That was thebittercomplaint.
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I have abittercomplaintabout this.
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The relief organisations have made thisbittercomplaint.
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Now there is abittercomplaintof my temporary absence.
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Almost any normal conversation between prisoners as often as not is one ofbittercomplaint.
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Peremptory challenges were taken away and there was great andbittercomplaintabout that.
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There is a verybittercomplaintthat clothing is utterly insufficient.
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In the past, some local authorities have permitted development which has been the cause ofbittercomplaintlocally.
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There is nothing which is causing such deep andbittercomplaintas the conditions under which people are having to live at the present moment.
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Nevertheless, there has always been thisbittercomplaintfrom the other side, with great justice in many cases, about how slow it is.
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I have had one chief constable make the mostbittercomplaintto me about what representations had been made to him—representations which he though most unreasonable.
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I warn that if and when direct grants to the arts and sport are cut and replaced by lottery distributions there will be very strong grounds forbittercomplaint.
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The poem begins with thebittercomplaintof the priest who has been delayed an hour blindfolded before he is taken by a circuitous route to the prisoner.
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