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lament
English
Etymology
From French lamenter, from Latin l?mentor (“I wail, weep”), from l?menta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /l??m?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
lament (plural laments)
- An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
- A song expressing grief.
Derived terms
- lamentful (rare)
Translations
Verb
lament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented)
- (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
- Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
- (transitive) To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
- One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
Synonyms
- bewail
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- lament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lament in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Mantle, manlet, mantel, mantle, mental
French
Verb
lament
- third-person plural present indicative of lamer
- third-person plural present subjunctive of lamer
Anagrams
- mêlant, mental
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