'Lament' definitions:
Definition of 'lament'
From: WordNet
noun
A cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail]
noun
A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody]
noun
A mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: elegy, lament]
verb
Express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: lament, keen]
verb
Definition of 'Lament'
From: GCIDE
- Lament \La*ment"\, v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. [1913 Webster]
- Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. --2 Chron. xxxv. 25. [1913 Webster]
- Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. --John xvi. 20. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lament'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Lament'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lament'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bawl,
- bemoan,
- bewail,
- coronach,
- cry,
- deplore,
- dirge,
- discomfort,
- dismay,
- distress,
- dolorous tirade,
- elegize,
- elegy,
- epicedium,
- give sorrow words,
- grieve,
- grieve for,
- grieve over,
- groan,
- howl,
- jeremiad,
- keen,
- knell,
- lamentation,
- moan,
- moaning,
- monody,
- mourn,
- mourning,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- outcry,
- pain,
- plaint,
- planctus,
- repine,
- scream,
- sigh,
- sing the blues,
- sob,
- sorrow,
- threnody,
- tirade,
- ululation,
- wail,
- wail of woe,
- weep,
- weep over,
- whimper,
- whine,
- yawp,
- yowl