PLAINT meaning: Formal expression of grievance, complaint

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word plaint:

General (21 matching dictionaries)

plaint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
plaint: Merriam-Webster
plaint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
plaint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
plaint: Collins English Dictionary
plaint: Vocabulary.com
Plaint, plaint: Wordnik
plaint: Wiktionary
plaint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
plaint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
plaint: Infoplease Dictionary
Plaint, plaint: Dictionary.com
plaint: Online Etymology Dictionary
Plaint: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
plaint: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
plaint: Rhymezone
Plaint: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
plaint: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
plaint: FreeDictionary.org
plaint: Mnemonic Dictionary
plaint: TheFreeDictionary.com

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plaint: Legal dictionary

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plaint: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (plaint)

▸ noun:  A complaint.
▸ noun:  (poetic or archaic) A lament or woeful cry.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A sad song.
▸ noun:  (archaic or UK law) An accusation.

Similar:

wail, lament, lamentation, whine, gripe, grutch, murmuring, grumble, whingeing, stink, more...

Opposite:

rejoinder, counterclaim, defense, answer, reply

Phrases:

plaint of pain, more...

Adjectives:

sad, mournful, same, pathetic, old, common, bitter, familiar, piteous, low, melancholy

Colors:

muted gray, pale lavender, gentle taupe, subdued olive, misty teal, more...

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