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Verb
/ləˈment/,
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laments, plural;
  1. Mourn (a person's loss or death)
    • - he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter
  2. Express one's deep grief about

  3. Express regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair
    • - she lamented the lack of shops in the town
    • - Thomas Jefferson later lamented, “Heaven remained silent.”
Noun
  1. A passionate expression of grief or sorrow
    • - his mother's night-long laments for his father
    • - a song full of lament and sorrow
  2. A song, piece of music, or poem expressing such emotions

  3. An expression of regret or disappointment; a complaint
    • - there were constant laments about the conditions of employment
  1. a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
  2. express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
  3. deplore: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
  4. dirge: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
  5. elegy: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  6. (lamented) mourned or grieved for; "the imprint of our wise and lamented friend"- A.E.Stevenson
  7. (lamenting) vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare
  8. A lament or lamentation is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning.
  9. Lament is a compilation album by Japanese music production unit I've Sound and volume four in their Girls Compilation album series. It was released in a limited edition box set with the Out Flow album and the I've P.V Collection Vol.3: See You DVD on September 5, 2003. ...
  10. Lament is the 17th release, and the 12th and last studio album of original material, from American Christian rock band Resurrection Band, released in 1995. The band also reverted to their original moniker with this album.
  11. "The Walk" is the name of a 1983 single by The Cure. It later appeared on their album Japanese Whispers
  12. Lament is an album by Ultravox, released in 1984. This was the seventh full album and the fourth of the band's most-recognisable incarnation, fronted by Midge Ure. It was also the last album featuring original drummer Warren Cann. The album peaked at no. ...
  13. "Lament" is the third single and title track from Ultravox's seventh studio album, released on the 21st of June 1984.
  14. Li Sao (Pinyin: Lí Sāo) is a Chinese poem dating from the Warring States Period, written by Qu Yuan (340 BC - 278 BC) of the Kingdom of Chu. One of the most famous poems of pre-Qin China, it is a representative work of the Chu Ci (literally "Chu words") form of poetry.
  15. An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness; A song expressing grief; To express grief; To bewail
  16. (Lamenting) Distress accompanied by wailing.
  17. (Lamenting) that my wife wasn't with me to experience this Nirvana, I left the store, in that pre-cell phone era, called her from a pay phone on the street to share my thrilling discovery, then went back inside and walked around in a dreamlike state. Go there and I promise you the same. ...
  18. To dream that you bitterly lament the loss of friends, or property, signifies great struggles and much distress, from which will spring causes for joy and personal gain. ...
  19. 1951. Fl, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano. Ms
  20. A formulaic expression of grief or sorrow for the loss of a person, position, or culture. It is typically non-narrative. ...
  21. A mournful piece, either meant to be played at a funeral, or to commemorate a death.
  22. John is certain to lament the loss of his friend and regret the argument.
  23. a complaint addressed to God, by an individual or group, that includes an explicit request that God will intervene and rectify the problem that is the subject of the complaint
  24. (in  lament (poetry))
  25. to show great sorrow