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lament

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verb

la·​ment lə-ˈment How to pronounce lament (audio)
lamented; lamenting; laments

intransitive verb

: to mourn aloud : wail
nightingales lament without ceasing L. P. Smith

transitive verb

1
: to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively : mourn
… must regret the imprudence, lament the result … Jane Austen
2
: to regret strongly
He lamented his decision not to go to college.

lament

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noun

1
: a crying out in grief : wailing
2
: dirge, elegy
3
: complaint

Synonyms

Verb

Noun

Choose the Right Synonym for lament

deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan mean to express grief or sorrow for something.

deplore implies regret for the loss or impairment of something of value.

deplores the breakdown in family values

lament implies a profound or demonstrative expression of sorrow.

lamenting the loss of their only child

bewail and bemoan imply sorrow, disappointment, or protest finding outlet in words or cries, bewail commonly suggesting loudness, and bemoan lugubriousness.

fans bewailed the defeat
purists bemoaning the corruption of the language

Example Sentences

Verb She lamented over the loss of her best friend. “I've lost my best friend!” she lamented. Noun The poem is a lament for a lost love. the national lament that was heard when the beloved singer perished in the crash
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Some of them point out that the former governor and vice-presidential candidate got the most votes in the June primary, and lament that a majority of voters picked a Republican in the general election. Kevin R. Kosar, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022 Nearly 10 months later, Green couldn’t help but lament the flag. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2022 Second Amendment advocates such as Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, who’s one of two Black Republican men serving in the House of Representatives and who fervently opposes the federal bipartisan bill, lament the impact of the US’ gun control laws. Brandon Tensley And Eva Mckend, CNN, 31 July 2022 When Brogdon won the 2016-17 NBA Rookie of the Year award, Celtics fans couldn’t help lament missing out on him. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022 That trust is being sorely tested right now, as some cryptocurrencies continue to fall and as chastened investors take to social media to vent their anger or lament their losses. Kelvin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2022 Mass shootings happen so often here that their locations have become a circuit of sorts, the kind of place where regulars see familiar faces, and lament over the latest tragedy. Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2022 Mass shooting happen so often here that their locations have become a circuit of sorts, the kind of place where regulars see familiar faces, and lament over the latest tragedy. Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 5 June 2022 And this way of viewing the transition is now typically accepted even by those, such as Heaney, who prefer the earlier verse and lament what was lost. Alan Jacobs, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
Noun
This leads to the perennial Democratic lament that working-class and poor voters in the Rust Belt—in the hollows of West Virginia, in hamlets in Arkansas—are voting against their economic self-interests. Michael Sokolove, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2022 There was great in Nate Carter, and much more to love than lament. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2022 Ardent fans of the traditional deli needn’t lament. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022 Kociejowski’s tone, though mostly wry, verges on lament. Max Norman, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2022 It’s a tell-all that settles old accounts and names names, a cantankerous lament over Lurie’s many existential and terrestrial irritations. Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022 Leeman’s lament is a familiar one in New Bedford, an industrial city tucked below Cape Cod on the south coast of Massachusetts. Will Sennott, ProPublica, 6 July 2022 However, her dedication is not filled with songs of lament, but liberatory psalms of joy, of happiness, of love. Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 29 July 2022 For weeks, there was the lament of 2021-22 starter P.J. Tucker getting away to the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English lementen, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French lamenter, from Latin lamentari, from lamentum, noun, lament

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of lament was in the 15th century

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