lament

Plural: laments

Noun

• a cry of sorrow and grief
  • "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
• a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
• a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
• An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
• A song expressing grief.

Verb

Verb Forms: lamented, lamenting, laments

• To express deep sorrow or regret for something.
• express grief verbally
  • "we lamented the death of the child"
• regret strongly
  • "we lamented the loss of benefits"
• To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
• To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.

Examples

• He would lament his decision to pass on a double-word score opportunity.

Synonyms

bemoan, bewail, coronach, deplore, dirge, elegy, keen, lamentation, plaint, requiem, threnody, wail, aggrieve, beef, begrieve, bellyache, besorrow, beweep, bitch, bleat, bleed, carp, chunter, complain, condole, crab, croak, dump on, engrieve, erme, frine, girn, give out, gloom, grieve, grieven, gripe, grotch, grouch, grouse, grumble, grump, gruntle, harp, inveigh, kvetch, lament, latrate, make a stink, mean, moan, mourn, murmur, mutter, nag, nark, nudzh, pinch, pine, piss and moan, rail, regret, repine, ride, rue, sigh, snivel, sorrow, wayment, whine, whinge, yearn

Antonyms

cheer up, gladden

Related Words

Lamentations, be sad, lamentability, lamentable, lamentation, lamenting, sad, sadden