English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Enough is enough! Please, no more arguments – be nice to each other!
More neutral in tone
I’m not at all satisfied with the service I’ve received.
Something will have to be done about that pile of rubbish. It can’t be left in front of the house.
I wish you would turn your radio down. I wish you wouldn’t play your music so loudly.
You never help around the house. 
It just won’t do! You’re going to have to change your ways.
More common in formal situations (typically in connection with bad service or behaviour)
I wish to complain about the delay in delivering my order.
The carpet in my room is stained and dirty. 
This is most unsatisfactory.
I take great exception to your unfair comments about our committee.
I really must object to being made to wait so long before seeing the manager.
The water pipe you have repaired three times in our kitchen is leaking again. 
This is (simply) 
unacceptable.
Your bus driver left the children by the roadside in pouring rain with no adult in attendance. 
This is 
shameful. 
[should make you feel embarrassed and guilty]
Verbs and nouns relating to complaining and protesting
verb
meaning
noun
complain (about)
express dissatisfaction or annoyance
complaint
protest (about) 
/prəˈtest/ 
strongly express complaint, disapproval or 
disagreement
protest 
/ˈprəʊtest/
object (to)
be against something or someone
objection
remonstrate with somebody /
remonstrate about 
something 
complain to someone / complain about 
something; 
formal
remonstrance (very 
formal and not 
common)