lament

[la·ment]

If you are really upset or sorry about something, you might lament it. A lament is full of regret and grief.

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To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Noun
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

Noun
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

Noun
a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"

Verb
regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"

Verb
express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

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v. i.
To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

v. t.
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

v.
Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

v.
An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.


Lament

La*ment" , v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.
Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.

Lament

La*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.
Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.

Lament

La*ment", n. [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

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Usage Examples

We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.

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