lamentation
/lamənˈteɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1The passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping: scenes of lamentation
Synonyms
weeping, wailing, crying, sobbing, moaning, moan, sob, wail, lament, sorrow, complaint, keening, grief, grieving, mourning, howling, howl, plaint
rare ululation
1.1 (Lamentations or Lamentations of Jeremiah) A book of the Bible telling of the desolation of Judah after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 bc.
- come to rest
- come to someone's assistance
- come to someone's knowledge
- come to terms with
- come to that (or if it comes to that)
- come to think of it
- come true
- come under
- come unglued
- come up
- come up against
- come up against (or hit) a brick wall
- come up dry
- come upon
- come up (or be given) with the rations
- come up (or go down) in the world
- come up (or out) smelling of roses
- comeuppance
- come up roses
- come up smiling
- come up with
- come up with (or deliver) the goods
- come what may
- comfily
- comfiness