Synonyms of the word

plaint

• n. (poetic or archaic) A lament or woeful cry.
• n. A complaint.
• n. (archaic or Britain law) An accusation.

allegation

• n. An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
• n. The act of alleging.

complaint

• n. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
• n. (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim…
• n. (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the…
• n. A consumer complaint.
• n. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.

lament

• n. An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.
• n. A song expressing grief.
• v. (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
• v. (transitive) To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.

lamentation

• n. The act of lamenting.
• n. A sorrowful cry; a lament.
• n. Specifically, mourning.
• n. lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually…
• n. A group of swans.

wail

• n. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
• n. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
• n. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
• v. (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
• v. (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
• v. (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
• v. (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
• v. (slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
• v. (obsolete) To choose; to select.