单词	lamentation
释义	lamentation noun lam·​en·​ta·​tion ˌla-mən-ˈtā-shən  : an expression of sorrow, mourning, or regret : an act or instance of lamenting a song of lamentation … blending a lamentation over the effects of time with a kind of apologia for it. Glen R. Brown Synonyms groan howl keen lament moan plaint wail See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences bitter lamentations for the dead words spoken in lamentation for the dead Recent Examples on the Web The book is a spiritual time capsule of the post-Christian soul in crisis, a lamentation in the key of Greta Thunberg, with undertones of Carl Jung. Dominic Green, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022 In Washington, there’s plenty of lamentation over what went wrong. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Few are likely to bemoan the absence of the long choral interludes of description or lamentation. Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 28 July 2022 After Friday night’s vote, there was much celebration and lamentation, from the competing sides. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Nov. 2021 The voice: a low, guttural rasp, it’s the aural equivalent of slithering, the wheezy lamentation of a leprechaun long past his sell-by date. Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 Vang’s lyrical interventions strike powerful notes of lamentation and rage, yet most effective are her visual collage-poems, which use fragmentation to interrogate the inhumanity of the official account. The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 The epic ends with a trio of women’s voices—those of Hector’s wife, his mother, and Helen of Troy—lifted in lamentation. Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021 Petraeus, a military man steeped in Civil War history, also opined on former President Trump's lamentation over the removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee. Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition lamentation noun lam·​en·​ta·​tion ˌla-mən-ˈtā-shən  1 : great sorrow 2 : an expression of great sorrow Mourners uttered lamentations. lamentation noun as in wail a crying out in grief there was a great lamentation on Wall Street when the government's latest unemployment figures were published Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance wail mourning tears lament weeping cry groan howl plaint moan keen sob sorrowing suffering sorrow grieving protest outcry regret anguish grief agonizing woe heartbreak hand-wringing heartache complaint dolor cri de coeur Antonyms & Near Antonyms exultation rejoicing smiling laughing cheering
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