lament
Meaning of lament
- a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
his mother's night-long laments for his father
a song full of lament and sorrow
- a complaint.
there were constant laments about the conditions of employment
- express passionate grief about.
he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter
the women wept and lamented over him
- express regret or disappointment about something.
she lamented the lack of shops in the town
‘We could have won,’ lamented the England captain
late Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’.
Information about lament
- The plural form of lament is: laments.
- Languages in which lament is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of lament
lament
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- lament is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
lament synonyms
Meaning lamentation:
Meaning dirge:
dirge, coronach, requiem, threnody
Meaning elegy:
Meaning keen:
Meaning deplore:
Meaning crying with pain, grief, or anger:
Meaning a long, low sound made by a person expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure:
Meaning make a long, low sound expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure:
Meaning a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair, pleasure, etc:
Meaning shedding tears:
Meaning the shedding of tears:
Meaning an act or sound of sobbing:
Meaning noisy crying:
Meaning the action of wailing in grief for a dead person:
Meaning a long, doleful cry uttered by an animal such as a dog or wolf:
Meaning a statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable:
Meaning a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes:
Meaning feel or show sorrow for the death of (someone), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes:
Meaning feel or display deep distress:
Meaning shed tears:
Meaning shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow:
Meaning not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character:
Meaning howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief:
Meaning feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that one has done or failed to do):
Meaning bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone:
Meaning disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument:
Meaning publicly declare to be wrong or evil:
lament antonyms
Meaning acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity:
Meaning feel or show great joy or delight:
Translation of lament
- German: beklagen, klagen, bedauern, Gejammer
- Italian: lamentarsi, lamentare, deplorare, affliggersi, addolorarsi, rattristarsi, rammaricarsi, gemito, lamento, lamentazione
- Spanish: lamentar, lamento, gemido, queja, quejido, deplorar, afligirse, lamentaciones
- Portuguese: lamentar
- French: lamentation, plainte, déplorer, gémissements
Anagrams of lament
manlet, mantel, Mantle, mantle, mental
Words that rhyme with lament
Ment, ment, Parliament, Sacrament, Testament, additament, agrament, aldeament, ament, amerciament, antepredicament, antiparliament, appropriament, arbitrament, armament, atrament, attemperament, capillament, colament, colliquament, crassament, decorament, delineament, delirament, deparliament, disarmament, ferrament, filament, firmament, forepredicament, fundament, hereditament, intemperament, interparliament, interpretament, irritament, jurament, lavament, libament, ligament, lineament, loculament, machinament, mandament, medicament, microfilament, monofilament, multifilament, myofilament, nonarmament