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[ luh-ment ] / ləˈmɛnt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lament ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence. to mourn for or over. verb (used without object)to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret. to mourn deeply. nounan expression of grief or sorrow. a formal expression of sorrow or mourning, especially in verse or song; an elegy or dirge. Origin of lament1520–30; (noun) <Latin lāmentum plaint; (v.) <Latin lāmentārī, derivative of lāmentum SYNONYMS FOR lament1, 2 bewail, bemoan, deplore. 3, 4 grieve, weep. 5 lamentation, moan. 6 monody, threnody. SEE SYNONYMS FOR lament ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM lamentla·ment·er, nounla·ment·ing·ly, adverbDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lamentEarly in 2013, Allison Janney was lamenting her inability to find another TV series job. Allison Janney’s Incredible ‘Double O’ and That ‘Masters of Sex’ Love Scene|Jason Lynch|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST CW-1 recorded Bonventre lamenting the problems of getting gamblers to make good on their losses in this post-Goodfellas world. A Goodfellas Sequel: A True-Life Lufthansa Figure Comes to Court|Michael Daly|January 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I had the ultimate trust in him,” said Ladd lamenting the death of Ivie, 30. Border Patrol Agent’s Death Dubbed Friendly Fire|Teresa Puente|October 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST At this point, commentators are already beginning to talk about her imminent walk-off, lamenting the lost American gold. 6 Classic Olympic Tearjerker Moments (Video)|Sara Gilford|July 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Democrats are lamenting the dead and asking: what else can we do? The U.S. Military Should Hand Out Qurans in Afghanistan as a Good-Will Gesture|Richard Miniter|March 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST If an Officer was put in arrest, you took to lamenting about him. History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle I steered about the sea, lamenting that the homesteads of men were changed into mud. The girl was awake, crying and lamenting, and Wetzel had great ado to keep her lover from firing at once upon the Indians. Stories Of Ohio|William Dean Howells The night preceding he heard his wife, Calphur'nia, lamenting in her sleep. Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome|Oliver Goldsmith Bhima's daughter wept, lamenting her fate, and related all that had befallen her, but did not reveal who she was. Indian Myth and Legend|Donald Alexander Mackenzie
British Dictionary definitions for lament
verbto feel or express sorrow, remorse, or regret (for or over) nounan expression of sorrow a poem or song in which a death is lamented Derived forms of lamentlamenter, nounlamentingly, adverbWord Origin for lamentC16: from Latin lāmentum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lamentbemoan, deplore, regret, moan, bewail, sob, rue, wail, sorrow, cry, bawl, hurt, repine, rain, sing, weep, bleed, howl, beat one's breast, eat one's heart out |