Definition of lament

noun (n)

• a cry of sorrow and grief (noun.communication)

  Synonym: lamentation, plaint, wail
  

  Example:
  Their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person (noun.communication)

  Synonym: coronach, dirge, requiem, threnody
  

  source: wordnet30
• a mournful poem; a lament for the dead (noun.communication)

  Synonym: elegy
  

  source: wordnet30
• Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• express grief verbally (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: keen
  

  Example:
  We lamented the death of the child.
  

  source: wordnet30
• regret strongly (verb.communication)

  Synonym: bemoan, bewail, deplore
  

  Example:
  We lamented the loss of benefits.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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