One should not lament over past mistakes too long.
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Lament
Synonyms for "lament" (141 found)
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Related words (70)
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8 entriesTranslations
214 translations across 46 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- Pleqërishte noun (song expressing grief)
- gjëmë noun (song expressing grief)
- lashtërishtë noun (song expressing grief)
- rëngë noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- θρῆνος noun (song expressing grief)
- θρηνέω verb (bewail)
Arabic
4 entries- رَثَاء noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- عَوِيل noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- مَرْثِيَة noun (song expressing grief)
- مَنْدَب noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
Armenian
4 entries- գանգատ noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- եղերերգ noun (song expressing grief)
- եղերերգություն noun (song expressing grief)
- հառաչանք noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
Assamese
1 entries- বিনা verb (express grief)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вопъл noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- елегия noun (song expressing grief)
- ридание noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- оплаквам verb (bewail)
Catalan
3 entries- lament noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lamentar verb (express grief)
- lamentar verb (bewail)
Czech
4 entries- bědování noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- nářek noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- truchlení noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- žalozpěv noun (song expressing grief)
Dutch
1 entries- klaagzang noun (song expressing grief)
Egyptian
1 entries- E9:W-E9:W-A2 verb (bewail)
Ewe
4 entries- konyifafa noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- konyifaha noun (song expressing grief)
- fa konyi verb (express grief)
- fa konyi verb (bewail)
Finnish
4 entries- valitus noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- valitusvirsi noun (song expressing grief)
- itkeä verb (bewail)
- surra verb (bewail)
French
4 entries- complainte noun (song expressing grief)
- lamentation noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- plaindre verb (bewail)
- se lamenter verb (express grief)
Galician
4 entries- laio noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- laído noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- pranto noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- pranxido noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
German
4 entries- Klage noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- Klagegesang noun (song expressing grief)
- Klagelied noun (song expressing grief)
- Klagen noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 verb (bewail)
Hungarian
4 entries- kesergés noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lamentáció noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- panasz noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- panaszdal noun (song expressing grief)
Icelandic
3 entries- harma verb (express grief)
- harma verb (bewail)
- syrgja verb (express grief)
Ido
2 entries- lamento noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lamentar verb (express grief)
Irish
4 entries- olagón noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- ong noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- caoin verb (express grief)
- caoin verb (bewail)
Italian
2 entries- lamento noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lamentarsi verb (express grief)
Japanese
1 entries- 悲しむ verb (express grief)
Kazakh
1 entries- жоқтау noun (song expressing grief)
Latin
4 entries- lamentum noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- dēfleō verb (express grief)
- lamentor verb (express grief)
- lamentor verb (bewail)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- bejéimeren verb (express grief)
Macedonian
4 entries- еле́гија noun (song expressing grief)
- зави́вање noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- оплаку́вање noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- та́жалка noun (song expressing grief)
Māori
4 entries- apakura noun (song expressing grief)
- matatangitangi noun (song expressing grief)
- mōteatea noun (song expressing grief)
- pihe noun (song expressing grief)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- udumbia verb (express grief)
Norwegian
2 entries- sorg noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- sørge verb (express grief)
Old English
3 entries- cwiþan verb (express grief)
- cwiþan verb (bewail)
- rēotan verb (express grief)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- زار noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
Persian
4 entries- افسوس noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- دریغ noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- دژوان noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- مرثیه noun (song expressing grief)
Polish
4 entries- lament noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lament noun (song expressing grief)
- tren noun (song expressing grief)
- lamentować verb (express grief)
Portuguese
4 entries- lamentação noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lamento noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lamento noun (song expressing grief)
- lamentar verb (express grief)
Romanian
2 entries- boci verb (bewail)
- lamenta verb (express grief)
Russian
4 entries- завыва́ние noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- панихи́да noun (song expressing grief)
- погреба́льная песнь noun (song expressing grief)
- похоро́нная песнь noun (song expressing grief)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- caoidh noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- caoineadh noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- cumha noun (song expressing grief)
- tuireadh noun (song expressing grief)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- jadikovanje noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lȅlēk noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- tugòvānka noun (song expressing grief)
- tùžbalica noun (song expressing grief)
Sicilian
3 entries- chiantu noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- chiantu noun (song expressing grief)
- lamentu noun (song expressing grief)
Spanish
3 entries- lamentación noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lamento noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- lamentar verb (express grief)
Swedish
4 entries- jämmer noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- klagan noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- klagosång noun (song expressing grief)
- jämra verb (express grief)
Tamil
2 entries- புலம்பு verb (bewail)
- வருந்து verb (express grief)
Telugu
1 entries- శోకించు verb (express grief)
Tocharian B
2 entries- kwäs verb (express grief)
- tränk verb (express grief)
Ukrainian
2 entries- опла́кати verb (bewail)
- опла́кувати verb (bewail)
Yiddish
1 entries- געוויין noun (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I call on the living, lament the dead, shatter the lightning.
Source: tatoeba (2124965)
There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present.
Source: tatoeba (2655569)
The King's son was beside himself with pain, and in his despair he leapt down from the tower. He escaped with his life, but the thorns into which he fell, pierced his eyes. Then he wandered quite blind about the forest, ate nothing but roots and berries, and did nothing but lament and weep over the loss of his dearest wife.
Source: tatoeba (4846185)
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