## Meanings
1. To express great sadness or regret about something.
2. An expression of grief or deep sadness.
3. A song or poem expressing sorrow, especially for someone who has died.

## Examples
- Many people lament the loss of the old town centre.
- Her letter was a long lament about how lonely she felt.
- The singer performed a haunting lament for the dead.

## Synonyms
- afterthink
- becry
- begrieve
- bemoan
- bemourn
- bewail
- beweep
- condole
- deplore
- elegize
- grieve
- grieven

## Antonyms
- gladden

## Derived Forms
- lamentacious
- lamentful
- lamentless

## Related Forms
- lamentability
- lamentable
- lamentation
- lamentations
- lamenting
- sad
- sadden

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lamenter
- Root: lāmentor

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Lament is 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. Important recorded forms include lamenter (Middle French) and lāmentor (Latin). Current senses include to express great sadness or regret about something and an expression of grief or deep sadness. The wider family includes derived forms such as lamentacious, lamentful, and lamentless; related words such as lamentability, lamentable, lamentation, and lamentations.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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