lament
lament is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi.
- 2.To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden. See Deplore.
- 3.Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.
- 4.An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- aching
- afford
- again
- alas
- and
- bad
- behind
- bewail
- bitterness
- cast
- common
- condole
- condolence
- consolation
- console
- day
- deplore
- discontent
- express
- feel
- for
- grief
- hang
- have
- heartburning
- homesick
- lamentable
- lamentation
- laudator
- leave
- lingering
- longing
- look
- mind
- most
- much
- nostalgia
- penitence
- pity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is lament.
- What is ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi called?
- What is to mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden. See Deplore called?
- What is grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton called?
- What is an elegy or mournful ballad, or the like called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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