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Lament

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
  2. 2
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead wordnet
  3. 3
    A song expressing grief.
  4. 4
    a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person wordnet
  5. 5
    a cry of sorrow and grief wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. intransitive

    "Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice."

  2. 2
    regret strongly wordnet
  3. 3
    To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail. transitive

    "Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton."

  4. 4
    express grief verbally wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.

Etymology 2

From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.

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