lament

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a mournful poem

   a lament for the dead

2. 2
   noun

   a cry of sorrow and grief

   their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward

3. 3
   verb

   express grief verbally

   we lamented the death of the child

4. 4
   verb

   To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

   Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.

5. 5
   verb

   To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.

   Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.

6. 6
   noun

   a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

7. 7
   verb

   regret strongly

8. 8
   noun

   An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

Etymology

A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.