Definition of lament Lament

/lʌmɛˈnt/ - [lument] - la•ment

We found 19 definitions of lament from 6 different sources.

What does lament mean?

Noun Plural: laments
lament - a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
		lamentation, plaint, wail
		complaint (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
lament - a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
		elegy
		poem, verse form a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
lament - a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
		dirge, coronach, requiem, threnody
		vocal, song the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
Verb laments, lamenting, lamented
lament - express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
		keen
		express emotion, express feelings give verbal or other expression to one's feelings
lament - regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
		deplore, bewail, bemoan
		kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"

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lament (v. i.)
To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
lament (v. t.)
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
lament (v.)
Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
lament (v.)
An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

lament
la-ment′, 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. [Fr. lamenter—L. lamentāri.]