Lamentation, complaint; an instance of this. Frequently in to make (one's) moan: to lament, grieve, complain. Also in extended use. Now chiefly Sc…

A lament or complaint; a mournful sound. Now chiefly in to make mean, to make a (also one's) mean. Cf. moan, n. 1a.

A complaint, a lament.

An instance of this; a lament. the Lamentations of Jeremiah, or, shortly, Lamentations: the title of one of the poetical books of the Old Testament…

Perhaps: a complaint.

A complaint, a lamentation. Obsolete. rare.

A speech expressing sorrow or grief; a lament. Obsolete.

An act of lamenting, a passionate or demonstrative expression of grief. Also poetic the action of lamenting, lamentation.

An expression of grief, a lamentation, a plaint.

A loud calling out of many together; esp. of loud lamentation for the dead.

Complaint; lamentation; an instance of this.

A song of lamentation, a threnody. Cf. threne, n. Obsolete. rare.

Pathetic language or feeling; pathos. Obsolete.

plural. plural. Expressions of gloom or despondency.

A lamentation; a writing or speech in a strain of grief or distress; a doleful complaint; a complaining tirade; a lugubrious effusion.

Complaining, complaint.

A formal lamentation; a dirge, a coronach. Also transferred and figurative.

A vehement lamentation like that of Job.

figurative. A bitter lamentation.

In extended use. Any song, poem, or verse, esp. a cryptic or magic verse, a spell, an incantation; (also) a lament.

A stationary and peaceful demonstration in support of a particular cause, often lasting several days, which is characterized by the absence of…