nnoun.communicationa cry of sorrow and griefSynset:lamentation plaint wail
Examples:- their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
Derivationally Related Form:waillament
Hypernyms:complaint
Inherited Hypernyms:lamentcomplaintcryutteranceauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead personSynset:coronach dirge requiem threnody
Derivationally Related Form:lament
Hypernyms:song vocal
Inherited Hypernyms:dirgesongmusical compositionmusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:keen
nnoun.communicationa mournful poem; a lament for the deadSynset:elegy
Derivationally Related Form:elegistlamentelegize
Hypernyms:poem verse form
Inherited Hypernyms:elegypoemliterary compositionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.emotionexpress grief verballySynset:keen
Examples:- we lamented the death of the child
Derivationally Related Form:lamenterkeenlamentationlament
Hypernyms:express emotion express feelings
Inherited Hypernyms:lamentexpress emotion
Entailment:grieve sorrow
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationregret stronglySynset:bemoan bewail deplore
Examples:- I deplore this hostile action
- we lamented the loss of benefits
Derivationally Related Form:lamenterlamentable
Hypernyms:complain kick kvetch plain quetch sound off
Inherited Hypernyms:deplorecomplain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: deplore, lament)