| Plaint 1. (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament. 2. (n.) An accusation or protest on account of an injury. 3. (n.) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing. Thesaurus Entries 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 |