plaint

Noun

Meaning

Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.

An accusation or protest on account of an injury.

A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lamentation lament wail requiem problem elegy niggle howl grouse mutter cavil charge criticism protest lawsuit
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Antonyms

support agreement answer approval acceptance consent
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Hypernyms

complaint allegation

Related terms

complaint plaintiff plaintive

Anagrams

platin pliant Taplin

Examples

The plaint that there hasn't been enough time for the eye to evolve turns out to be not just wrong but dramatically, decisively, ignominiously wrong. Richard Dawkins

Waft, gentle gale, oh waft to Samercand, When next thou visitest that blissful land, The plaint of Khorassania plung'd in woe: Bear to Turania's King our piteous scroll, Whose opening breathes forth all the anguish'd soul, And close denotes whate'er the tortur'd know. Anvari

Go not with every ailment to the doctor, nor with every plaint to lawyer. Portuguese Proverb

their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

plainspokenly plainspokenness plainswoman plaintext plaintful plaintiff