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Mutter :: Mutter (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl..

Grumble :: Grumble (v. i.) To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

Joinder :: Joinder (v. t.) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.

Complainant :: Complainant (n.) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law..

Defendant :: Defendant (n.) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.

Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea..

Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice..

Plaintiff :: Plaintiff (a.) See Plaintive.

Murmurous :: Murmurous (a.) Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring.

Plaint :: Plaint (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament..

Defence :: Defence (n.) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.

Complaintful :: Complaintful (a.) Full of complaint.

Heartburn :: Heartburn (n.) An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints..

Doloroso :: Doloroso (a. & adv.) Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.

Elegiac :: Elegiac (a.) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains..

Dolente :: Dolente (a. & adv.) Plaintively. See Doloroso.

Stoic :: Stoic (n.) A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed..

Whimper :: Whimper (n.) A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief..

Lacrimoso :: Lacrimoso (a.) Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.

Complainant :: Complainant (n.) One who commences a legal process by a complaint.

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