All lament synonyms
laΒ·ment
L l verb lament
- bemoan β If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
- deplore β If you say that you deplore something, you think it is very wrong or immoral.
- regret β to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
- moan β a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- bewail β If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- sob β to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
- rue β to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.
- wail β to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- sorrow β distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- cry β When you cry, tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
- bawl β If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- repine β to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- rain β water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- sing β to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- weep β to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.
- bleed β When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- howl β to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- eat one's heart out β Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- grieve β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- cry for β shed tears for
noun lament
- complaining β to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- dirge β a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- keen β finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- lament β to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- requiem β Roman Catholic Church. Also called Requiem Mass. the Mass celebrated for the repose of the souls of the dead. a celebration of this Mass. a plainsong setting for this Mass.
- threnody β a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- weeping β expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears: weeping multitudes.
- jeremiad β a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
- sobbing β to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
- ululation β to howl, as a dog or a wolf; hoot, as an owl.
- wailing β to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- grieving β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- keening β a wailing lament for the dead.
- moaning β a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- plaint β a complaint.
- tears β the act of tearing.
- crying β notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)
- lamentation β the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- howling β producing or uttering a howling noise: a howling mob.