Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
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Accusation.
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The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
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A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling…
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A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, ty…
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To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
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of Grumble
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Alt. of Jeremiade
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To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
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The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
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A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
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A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.
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of Murmur
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To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to gro…
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of Mutter
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A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…
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Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.
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To choose; to select.
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To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.
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To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, n…
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To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
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Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.
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of Plead
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To set up; to put upright.
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To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
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To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak…
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To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak…
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The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.
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Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
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