different between whimper vs lament
whimper
English
Etymology
From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) +? -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?mp?(?)/, /???mp?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?mp?(?)
Noun
whimper (plural whimpers)
- A low intermittent sob.
Translations
Verb
whimper (third-person singular simple present whimpers, present participle whimpering, simple past and past participle whimpered)
- To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
- The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- At the sight of Mr. Utterson, the housemaid broke into hysterical whimpering; and the cook, crying out "Bless God! it's Mr. Utterson," ran forward as if to take him in her arms.
- To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
- March 22 1549, Hugh Latimer, third sermon preached before King Edward VI
- Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?
- March 22 1549, Hugh Latimer, third sermon preached before King Edward VI
- To say something in a whimpering manner.
- "Master, please don't punish me!" he whimpered.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:weep
Derived terms
- whimperative
Translations
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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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