Lament
[lə'ment] or [lə'mɛnt]
Definition
(noun.) a cry of sorrow and grief; 'their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward'.
(verb.) express grief verbally; 'we lamented the death of the child'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
(v. t.) To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
(v.) Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
(v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Mourn, grieve, weep, wail, moan, complain.
v. a. Bewail, deplore, bemoan, mourn.
n. [1]. Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint, complaint.[2]. Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Deplore, mourn, bewail, regret, grieve_for, bemoan, wail_for
ANT:Welcome, hall
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Definition
v.i. to utter grief in outcries: to wail: to mourn.—v.t. to mourn for: to deplore.—n. sorrow expressed in cries: an elegy or mournful ballad.—adj. Lam′entable deserving or expressing sorrow: sad: pitiful despicable.—adv. Lam′entably.—n. Lamentā′tion act of lamenting: audible expression of grief: wailing: (pl. B.) a book of Jeremiah.—p.adj. Lament′ed bewailed: mourned.—adv. Lament′ingly with lamentation.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you bitterly lament the loss of friends, or property, signifies great struggles and much distress, from which will spring causes for joy and personal gain. To lament the loss of relatives, denotes sickness or disappointments, which will bring you into closer harmony with companions, and will result in brighter prospects for the future.
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Examples
- You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The songs she sang, without lament, In her prison-house of pain, Forever are they sweetly blent With the falling summer rain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And therefore he will be least likely to lament, and will bear with the greatest equanimity any misfortune of this sort which may befall him. Plato. The Republic.
- For her I could not lament, so much I envied her enjoyment of the sad immunities of the grave. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That was the burden of her lament; and her last adjuration to her daughter was to escape from dinginess if she could. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But I do not see here a sufficient quantity of the wisdom that is necessary to produce such a conduct, and I lament the want of it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- When once it had been read, there was no doing any thing, but lament and exclaim. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yes, Watson, I went there, and I found very quickly that the late lamented Oldacre was a pretty considerable blackguard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was the mother of fifteen children, when she died lamented and respected by every one who knew her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Much to be lamented, no doubt, particularly by myself, who am a child of nature if I could but show it; but so it is. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Likewise she overdid her respect, and all that, for the lamented memory of the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then Ruth came, and they wept together, and lamented, then Naomi came to comfort them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- If my lamented friend had taken my advice, the business of the inquest would have been with the body of Mr. Hartright. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- From early youth he had considered his pedigree with complacency, and bitterly lamented his want of wealth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- From such vague laments I turned to the contemplation of the minutiae of my situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Yes, she laments it; yet owns it may have been best. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- We passed about a week together, during which time I was continually talking of poor Meyler and lamenting his precarious state of health. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Some were lamenting, and in restless motion; but, these were few. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Laurie smiled, but he liked the spirit with which she took up a new purpose when a long-cherished one died, and spent no time lamenting. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Epidemic diseases, I believed, were often heralded by a gasping, sobbing, tormented, long-lamenting east wind. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You are a mere infant, but you'll go next, Jo, and we'll be left lamenting, said Laurie, shaking his head over the degeneracy of the times. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Burns, lamenting that his share uptears the bed of the wee modest crimson-tipped flower and sorrowing that he has turned the Mousie from its bit o' leaves and stibble by the cruel coulter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And instead of having any shame or self-control, he will be always whining and lamenting on slight occasions. Plato. The Republic.
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