Lament \La*ment"\, n. [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.]
1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries;
lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
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Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
--Milton.
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2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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52 Moby Thesaurus words for "lament":
bawl, bemoan, bewail, coronach, cry, deplore, dirge, discomfort,
dismay, distress, dolorous tirade, elegize, elegy, epicedium,
give sorrow words, grieve, grieve for, grieve over, groan, howl,
jeremiad, keen, knell, lamentation, moan, moaning, monody, mourn,
mourning, murmur, mutter, outcry, pain, plaint, planctus, repine,
scream, sigh, sing the blues, sob, sorrow, threnody, tirade,
ululation, wail, wail of woe, weep, weep over, whimper, whine,
yawp, yowl
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Lament \La*ment"\, n. [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.]
1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries;
lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
--Milton.
2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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