Plaint

Noun

 * 1)  A lament or woeful cry.
 * 2) * 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 11:
 * In the first paroxysm of his grief, Ingolfr exclaimed, (what sorrowing heart has not echoed his plaint?) that he could never more taste of joy.
 * 1) A complaint.
 * 2) *1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
 * she seemed to repeat, though with perceptible resignation, her plaint of a moment before. ‘Your father, darling, is a very odd person indeed.’
 * 1)  An accusation.
 * Once the plaint had been made there was nothing that could be done to revoke it.

Adjectives for Plaint
pathetic; doleful; somber; noisy.

Verbs for Plaint
breathe—; cease—; detect—; endure—; heave—; reiterate—; renew—; sob—; suppress—; throat—; utter—; whine—; — bursts; —distresses; melts; —moves; —wear

Thesaurus
accusal, accusation, accusing, allegation, allegement, arraignment, bawl, bill of particulars, blame, bringing of charges, bringing to book, charge, complaint, count, cry, delation, denouncement, denunciation, dolorous tirade, groan, howl, impeachment, implication, imputation, indictment, information, innuendo, insinuation, jeremiad, keen, lament, lawsuit, laying of charges, moan, murmur, mutter, outcry, planctus, prosecution, reproach, scream, sob, suit, taxing, tirade, true bill, ululation, unspoken accusation, veiled accusation, wail, wail of woe, whimper, whine, yawp, yowl

Etymology
plainte:, from plainte:, plaint:, and  pleinte:, pleint: (modern French plainte:), from  plancta:,  planctus:, from  plangere:; see plain.

Related terms

 * complaint
 * plaintiff

Anagrams

 * pliant

Anagrams

 * pilant
 * pliant