lament
1. a cry of sorrow and grief
- their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
• Syn:
lamentation, plaint, wail
• Derivationally related forms:
wail (for: wail), lament (for: lamentation)
• Hypernyms:
complaint
2. a mournful poem;
a lament for the dead
• Syn:
elegy
• Derivationally related forms:
elegist (for: elegy), elegize (for: elegy)
• Hypernyms:
poem, verse form
3. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
• Syn:
dirge, coronach, requiem, threnody
• Hypernyms:
song, vocal
• Hyponyms:
keen
1. express grief verbally (Freq. 1)
- we lamented the death of the child
• Syn:
keen
• Derivationally related forms:
keen (for: keen), lamentation, lamenter
• Hypernyms:
express emotion, express feelings
• Entailment:
grieve, sorrow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. regret strongly
- I deplore this hostile action
- we lamented the loss of benefits
• Syn:
deplore, bewail, bemoan
• Derivationally related forms:
lamentable, lamenter
• Hypernyms:
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They lament that there was a traffic accident
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