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Lament

Lament Meaning & Definition
Lament Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lament?

[n] a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
[n] a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
[n] a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
[v] regret strongly
[v] express grief verbally

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lament: bemoan | bewail | coronach | deplore | dirge | elegy | keen | lamentation | plaint | regret | requiem | threnody | wail

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lament: bawl | bemoan | bewail | coronach | cry | deplore | dirge | discomfort | dismay | distress | dolorous tirade | elegize | elegy | epicedium | give sorrow words | grieve | grieve for | grieve over | groan | howl | jeremiad | keen | knell | lamentation | moan | moaning | monody | mourn | mourning | murmur | mutter | outcry | pain | plaint | planctus | repine | scream | sigh | sing the blues | sob | sorrow | threnody | tirade | ululation | wail | wail of woe | weep | weep over | whimper | whine | yawp | yowl

See Also | complain | complaint | express emotion | express feelings | grieve | keen | kick | kvetch | plain | poem | quetch | song | sorrow | sound off | verse form

Lament In Webster's Dictionary

\La*ment"\, v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. --2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. --John xvi. 20.
\La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lamenting}.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden. Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}.
\La*ment"\, n. [L. lamentum. Cf. {Lament}, v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. --Milton. 2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

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