| Lament 1. (v. i.) To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. 2. (v. t.) To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. 3. (v.) Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. 4. (n.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like. Thesaurus Entries 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 |