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lament
/ləˈmɛnt/
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What does lament mean?
noun
- An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
- A song expressing grief.
verb
- To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
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verb
- To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
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/ləˈmɛnt/
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We will add the last clause of our long lament, though far too short for the materials that we have.
Mourners tearing themselves to raise pity, and set wailings, and at one man's funeral to lament for another, he forbade.
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If even then you still feel nothing, you have so much the more misery to lament both to God and to your brother.
The lament of the goddess is followed by a brief account of the action taken by the other chief figures in the drama.
"I should be so glad to relax, but I do not know how," is the sincere lament of many a nervously strained being.