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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
la·ment       [luh-ment] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
2.to mourn for or over.
–verb (used without object)
3.to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret.
4.to mourn deeply.
–noun
5.an expression of grief or sorrow.
6.a formal expression of sorrow or mourning, esp. in verse or song; an elegy or dirge.
[Origin: 1520–30; (n.) < L lāmentum plaint; (v.) < L lāmentārī, deriv. of lāmentum]

—Related forms
la·ment·er, noun
la·ment·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1, 2. bewail, bemoan, deplore. 3, 4. grieve, weep. 5. lamentation, moan. 6. monody, threnody.
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la·ment       (lə-měnt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   la·ment·ed, la·ment·ing, la·ments

v.   tr.
  1. To express grief for or about; mourn: lament a death.
  2. To regret deeply; deplore: He lamented his thoughtless acts.

v.   intr.
  1. To grieve audibly; wail.
  2. To express sorrow or regret. See Synonyms at grieve.

n.  
  1. A feeling or an expression of grief; a lamentation.
  2. A song or poem expressing deep grief or mourning.


[Middle English lementen, from Old French lamenter, from Latin lāmentārī, from lāmentum, lament.]

la·ment'er n.
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lament

noun
1. a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" 
2. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge] 
3. a mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: elegy] 

verb
1. express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" 
2. regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore] 

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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. --2 Chron. xxxv. 25.

Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. --John xvi. 20.

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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. --Dryden.

Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.

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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. --Milton.

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

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