United Kingdom A written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed.

Roget 411: cry etc. v.; voice etc. (human) 580; hubbub; bark etc. (animal) 412.    vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint; lungs; stentor.    ... meer laten zien

A cry of sorrow and grief.

synoniemen: lament, lamentation, wail.

Roget 839: lament, lamentation; wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, suspiration, heaving, deep sigh.    cry etc. (vociferation) 411; scream, howl; outcry, wail of woe, ululation; frown, scowl.    tear; weeping etc. v.; flood of tears, fit of crying, lacrimation, lachrymation^†, melting mood, weeping and gnashing of teeth.    plaintiveness etc. adj.; languishment^†; condolence etc. 915.    mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning; sackcloth and ashes; lachrymatory^†; knell etc. 363; deep death song, dirge, coronach^†, nenia^†, requiem, elegy, epicedium^†; threne^†; monody, threnody; jeremiad, jeremiade^†; ullalulla^†.    mourner; grumbler etc. (discontent) 832; Noobe; Heraclitus.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: weeklagen, weeklacht, jammerklacht, gejammer, geweeklaag, gekerm, verzuchting
Pools: lament, lamentacja