Lament

Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "lament" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

lamentacious lamentful lamentless

Entails

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

complain complaint express emotion express feelings feel kick kvetch plain poem quetch song sound off verse form vocal

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

deprecate despair

Type Of (IsA)

Manner Of

express emotion

Related Terms

Lamentations be sad lamentability lamentable lamentation lamenting sad sadden

Related Terms

bewail grief lamentability regret sadness song sorrow suffer

Synonym Network

bewail deplore dirge elegy

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.