English language
Toggle Transcript
plaint::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lament, lamentation, wail |
| Type of | complaint |
plaint::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | allegation |
Examples of plaint
plaint
I only want ONE wall with the wallpaper, the other walls are a plaint white paint.
From the yallsjoynt.com
Important lines of dialogue will be muffled by heavy footsteps or a piano's plaint.
From the time.com
Echoing his own tragedy, it is a lyric, rebellious plaint of pain, fear and despair.
From the time.com
The real plaint shared by all of them, one suspects, was that it was insulting to England.
From the guardian.co.uk
For the answer to that plaint, put down the bat and turn to the computer.
From the time.com
You've Let Yourself Go is an unsparing plaint of conjugal disenchantment.
From the time.com
Amid the swelling percussion, a bamboo flute emits a low plaint.
From the time.com
He can growl like Mick Jagger or sing an insinuating lyric plaint.
From the time.com
On the substance of her plaint I have to say that I think not.
From the guardian.co.uk
- (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed
- Lament: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
- A lament or woeful cry; A complaint; An accusation
- A document which starts civil court proceedings in the Magistrates and District Courts
- Noun - 1. an utterance of grief or sorrow; lamentation; hence, a mournful song; a lament 2. a complaint 3. [legal] a private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action
- A lament in verse. [See dirge, planh.]
