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English Dictionary: lament	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for lament
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lament n a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" Synonym(s): lament, lamentation, plaint, wail a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person Synonym(s): dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody a mournful poem; a lament for the dead Synonym(s): elegy, lament v express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" Synonym(s): lament, keen regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" Synonym(s): deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.