lament
lament definition
la·ment (lə ment′)
intransitive verb
to feel deep sorrow or express it as by weeping or wailing; mourn; grieve
Etymology: Fr lamenter < L lamentari < lamentum, a mourning, wailing < IE echoic base *lā- > Arm lam, I weep
transitive verb
- to feel or express deep sorrow for; mourn or grieve for
- to regret deeply
noun
- an outward expression of sorrow; lamentation; wail
- a literary or musical composition, as an elegy or dirge, mourning some death or calamity
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