Lament

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To express grief for or about; mourn: lament a death.
  • v. To regret deeply; deplore: He lamented his thoughtless acts.
  • verb-intransitive. To grieve audibly; wail.
  • verb-intransitive. To express sorrow or regret. See Synonyms at grieve.
  • n. A feeling or an expression of grief; a lamentation.
  • n. A song or poem expressing deep grief or mourning.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.
  • n. A song expressing grief.
  • v. To express grief.
  • v. To bewail.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
  • v. To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
  • n. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
  • n. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An expression of grief or sorrow; a sad complaint; a lamentation.
  • n. A set form of lamentation or mourning; an elegy; a mourning song or ballad.
  • n. The music for an elegy, or a tune intended to express or excite sorrowful emotion; a mournful air.
  • To express sorrow; utter words or sounds of grief; mourn audibly; wail.
  • To show great sorrow or regret; repine; chafe; grieve.
  • Synonyms Lament, Mourn, Grieve; sorrow. Lament expresses always, at least figuratively, an external act. Mourn was originally and is still often the same, but does not now suggest anything audible. Grieve suggests more of a consuming effect upon the person sorrowing. See affliction.
  • To bewail; mourn for; bemoan; deplore.
  • To afflict; distress.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  • n. a cry of sorrow and grief
  • v. express grief verbally
  • v. regret strongly
  • n. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    poem    verse form    complaint    express emotion    express feelings    sound off    kick    quetch    complain    plain   
    Form
    rare    qualifier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mourn    deplore    bewail    lamentation    wailing    moaning    weeping    complain    sorrow    regret   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bendt    Brent    Gent    Ghent    Kent    Lent    Tashkent    Trent    accent    ascent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lamentation    sob    wail    regret    weep    refrain    exclamation    entreaty    plead    dirge