n. An expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or discontent; lamentation; faultfinding; murmuring.n. That which is complained of; a cause of grief, discontent, lamentation, etc.n. A cause of bodily pain or uneasiness; a malady; a disease; an ailment: usually applied to disorders not violent.n. A formal accusation; a charge that an offense has been committed; especially, such a charge presented to an officer or a court for the purpose of instituting prosecution.n. In many of the United States, the pleading in which the plaintiff in a civil action formally sets forth the facts of his case, with his claim for relief thereon: corresponding to the declaration at common law, the bill in equity, and the libel in admiralty.n. A poem bewailing ill fortune in matters of love; a plaint.n. Synonyms Lament.n. Ailment, disorder, distemper, illness.