Lamenting

Synonyms for "lamenting" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Verb(2 words)
Noun(8 words)
bemoaningbewailbewailingbleatingcollective mourningdeploredeploringdescriptive participle

Strong matches (14)

Related words (23)

Noun(15 words)
mourningparticipial adjectivepresent participle adjectivepublic lamentregretregretfulremorsefulritual mourningruefulsadsorrowfulsorrowingsorryverbal adjectiveweeping
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(2 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

14 entries
affectcommunication actcultural practiceemotional expressionemotional stateexpressive actgrammatical formhuman responselinguistic formliterary devicemoodmoral critiquerhetorical devicesocial ritual

More specific

20 entries
attributive participlebemoaningbewailingcommunal mourning ritualelegyfuneral lamentgerundial adjectivegrievingmourningpresent participlepublic lament ceremonypublic lamentingregretfulremorsefulritual lamentingritual mourning

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Collocations

15 entries
collective lamentingcultural lamentingdeeply lamentingfuneral lamentlamenting crowdlamenting relativeslamenting the losslamenting the outcomelamenting tonelamenting voiceopenly lamentingpublic lamentingpublicly lamentingritual lamentunabashedly lamenting

Inflections

4 entries
lamentedlamentsmore lamentingmost lamenting

Derivations

8 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom is still lamenting the death of his dog.

Source: tatoeba (2665321)

I have long been sorrowing lamenting for your woes.

Source: tatoeba (5094935)

And among them rose the hero son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, lamenting: his blackened heart brimming over with rage, and his eyes like blazing fires.

Source: tatoeba (5109394)

Thus did Daphnis vent his grief, till at last weary with weeping and lamenting he fell into a deep sleep.

Source: tatoeba (6212754)

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