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1. (v.t.) lament
to express often vocal mourning or grief for or over:
lamented the death of their leader.
2. lament
to be very sorry for; regret.
3. (v.i.) lament
to mourn deeply and often vocally.
4. (n.) lament
an often vocal expression of grief or mourning.
5. lament
elegy; dirge.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L lāmentum plaint; (v.) < L lāmentārī)
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1. (noun) lament, lamentation, plaint, wail
a cry of sorrow and grief
"their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
2. (noun) dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
3. (verb) elegy, lament
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
4. (verb) lament, keen
express grief verbally
"we lamented the death of the child"
5. (verb) deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan
regret strongly
"I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
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1. lament
grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping
2. lament
an elegy or mournful ballad, or the like
3. (verb) lament
to express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn
4. (verb) lament
to mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail
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Sense: to feel or express regret for
We all lament his death; He sat lamenting over his past failures.
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 Afrikaans: weeklaag |
 Arabic: يَنوحُ ، يَبْكي على |
 Bulgarian: оплаквам |
 Brazilian: lamentar |
 Czech: oplakávat; naříkat |
 German: klagen |
 Danish: beklage |
 Greek: θρηνώ |
 Spanish: lamentar |
 Estonian: kurtma |
 Farsi: تاسف خوردن |
 Finnish: surra |
 French: (se) lamenter sur |
 Hebrew: לְקוֹנֵן |
 Hindi: शोक या खेद प्रकट करना |
 Croatian: tužiti se |
 Hungarian: nagyon sajnál |
 Indonesian: meratapi |
 Icelandic: harma, syrgja |
 Italian: lamentare, piangere |
 Japanese: 嘆く |
 Korean: 슬퍼하다 |
 Lithuanian: apraudoti, sielvartauti |
 Latvian: vaimanāt; žēloties; aprau |
 Malay: rasa kesal yang mendalam |
 Dutch: (be)treuren, weeklagen |
 Norwegian: sørge over, beklage |
 Polish: opłakiwać |
 Persian: تاسف خوردن |
 Pashto: خواخوږۍ څرګندول |
 Portuguese: lamentar |
 Romanian: a (se) plânge; a se lame |
 Russian: оплакивать |
 Slovak: bedákať |
 Slovenian: obžalovati |
 Serbian: oplakivati |
 Swedish: beklaga, sörja över |
 Thai: โศกเศร้า |
 Turkish: ağlayıp inlemek, dövünmek |
 Taiwanese: 哀悼，悲嘆 |
 Ukrainian: стогнати; оплакувати |
 Urdu: شدید اظہار غم کرنا |
 Vietnamese: thương xót |
 Chinese: 哀悼，悲痛 |
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