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Lament is defined as to feel loss, sorrow or regret, often expressed in a physical way.
(verb)- An example of lament is to feel sad and cry at a funeral.
- An example of lament is to wish you would have done something different with your life.
The definition of lament is an expression of loss, sometimes through artistic expression.
(noun)An example of a lament is The Book of Lamentations in the Old Testament of the Bible.
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See lament in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
to feel deep sorrow or express it as by weeping or wailing; mourn; grieve
Origin: 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
See lament in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb la·ment·ed, la·ment·ing, la·ments verb, transitive
- To express grief for or about; mourn: lament a death.
- To regret deeply; deplore: He lamented his thoughtless acts.
- To grieve audibly; wail.
- To express sorrow or regret. See Synonyms at grieve.
- A feeling or an expression of grief; a lamentation.
- A song or poem expressing deep grief or mourning.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English lementen
Origin: , from Old French lamenter
Origin: , from Latin lāmentārī
Origin: , from lāmentum, lament
.Related Forms:
- la·mentˈer noun
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