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Detailed Synonyms for lament in English

lament:

to lament verbe (laments, lamented, lamenting)

  1. to lament
    to lament; to wail; to complain; to make complaints
    • lament verbe (laments, lamented, lamenting)
    • wail verbe (wails, wailed, wailing)
    • complain verbe (complains, complained, complaining)
    • make complaints verbe (makes complaints, made complaints, making complaints)
  2. to lament
    to yammer; to whimper; to lament; to yack; to whine; to whinge
    • yammer verbe (yammers, yammered, yammering)
    • whimper verbe (whimpers, whimpered, whimpering)
    • lament verbe (laments, lamented, lamenting)
    • yack verbe (yacks, yacked, yacking)
    • whine verbe (whines, whined, whining)
    • whinge verbe (whinges, whinged, whinging)
  3. to lament
    to lament
    • lament verbe (laments, lamented, lamenting)
  4. to lament
    – regret strongly 1
    to lament; to deplore; bemoan; bewail
    – regret strongly 1
    • lament verbe (laments, lamented, lamenting)
      • we lamented the loss of benefits1
    • deplore verbe (deplores, deplored, deploring)
      • I deplore this hostile action1
    • bemoan verbe
    • bewail verbe
  5. to lament
    – express grief verbally 1
    keen; to lament
    – express grief verbally 1
    • keen verbe
    • lament verbe (laments, lamented, lamenting)
      • we lamented the death of the child1

Conjugations for lament:

present
  1. lament
  2. lament
  3. laments
  4. lament
  5. lament
  6. lament
simple past
  1. lamented
  2. lamented
  3. lamented
  4. lamented
  5. lamented
  6. lamented
present perfect
  1. have lamented
  2. have lamented
  3. has lamented
  4. have lamented
  5. have lamented
  6. have lamented
past continuous
  1. was lamenting
  2. were lamenting
  3. was lamenting
  4. were lamenting
  5. were lamenting
  6. were lamenting
future
  1. shall lament
  2. will lament
  3. will lament
  4. shall lament
  5. will lament
  6. will lament
continuous present
  1. am lamenting
  2. are lamenting
  3. is lamenting
  4. are lamenting
  5. are lamenting
  6. are lamenting
subjunctive
  1. be lamented
  2. be lamented
  3. be lamented
  4. be lamented
  5. be lamented
  6. be lamented
diverse
  1. lament!
  2. let's lament!
  3. lamented
  4. lamenting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

lament [the ~] nom

  1. the lament
    the elegy; the lament
  2. the lament
    the lamentation; the lament; the elegy; the elegiac poem
  3. the lament
    the requiem; the funeral song; the lament; the eulogy; the dirge
  4. the lament
    the wail; the lament
  5. the lament
    – a mournful poem; a lament for the dead 1
    the lament; the elegy
    – a mournful poem; a lament for the dead 1
  6. the lament
    – a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person 1
    the lament; the requiem; the dirge; the coronach; the threnody
    – a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person 1
  7. the lament
    – a cry of sorrow and grief 1
    the lament; the wail; the lamentation; the plaint
    – a cry of sorrow and grief 1
    • lament [the ~] nom
      • their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward1
    • wail [the ~] nom
    • lamentation [the ~] nom
    • plaint [the ~] nom

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Related Definitions for "lament":

  1. a mournful poem; a lament for the dead1
  2. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person1
  3. a cry of sorrow and grief1
    • their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward1
  4. regret strongly1
    • we lamented the loss of benefits1
  5. express grief verbally1
    • we lamented the death of the child1