lament

Meanings

Plural: laments

Noun

• a cry of sorrow and grief
  • "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
• a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
• a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
• An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
• A song expressing grief.

Verb

• express grief verbally
  • "we lamented the death of the child"
• regret strongly
  • "we lamented the loss of benefits"
• To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
• To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.

Synonyms

aggrieve, beef, begrieve, bellyache, bemoan, besorrow, bewail, beweep, bitch, bleat, bleed, carp, chunter, complain, condole, coronach, crab, croak, deplore, dirge, dump on, elegy, engrieve, erme, frine, girn, give out, gloom, grieve, grieven, gripe, grotch, grouch, grouse, grumble, grump, gruntle, harp, inveigh, keen, kvetch, lament, lamentation, latrate, make a stink, mean, moan, mourn, murmur, mutter, nag, nark, nudzh, pinch, pine, piss and moan, plaint, rail, regret, repine, requiem, ride, rue, sigh, snivel, sorrow, threnody, wail, wayment, whine, whinge, yearn

Antonyms

cheer up, gladden

Related Words

be sad, lamentability, lamentable, lamentation, Lamentations, lamenting, sad, sadden