lament
UK/ləˈmɛnt/
lament noun: an expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
Noun
lament (plural laments)
Verb
lament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented)
- To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
- Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 16:20
- And they are dangerous because when worn they make their wearer look ridiculous and contemptible to those not enthralled by the same fashion; and when their moment has passed they take up precious closet space, taunting you and making you lament of money that should have been spent on something...2006, Nicholas Antongiavanni [pseudonym; Michael Anton], The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52
- To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
- Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99
- 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”.2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian
lament meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lament in Hindi
- lament
- ज़ार zār
- to lament
- झकना jhaknā, कलपना kalapnā
lament in Tamil
- express grief
- வருந்து varuntu
- bewail
- புலம்பு pulampu
lament in Marathi
- विलाप करणे
lament in Urdu
- lament
- زار zār
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- lament in Bengali
- শোক করা, বিলাপ করা
- lament in Telugu
- శోకించు śōkiñcu
- lament in Malayalam
- വിലപിക്കുക
- lament in Kannada
- ಅಳು, ಗೋಳ್, ಗೋಳು, ಗೋಳಾಟ
- lament in Gujarati
- વિલાપ કરો, વિલાપ કરવો
- lament in Odia
- କାନ୍ଦିବା kāndibā
- lament in Sanskrit
- क्लिन्द् klind, कृप् kṛp, रोदिति róditi, रुदति rudati
- lament in Assamese
- বিনা bina
- lament in Nepali
- विलाप गर्नुहोस्
- lament in Arabic
- عَوِيل ʕawīl, رَثَاء raṯāʔ, مَنْدَب mandab, نُوَاح nuwāḥ
- lament in Persian
- افسوس afsus, دژوان dožvân, دریغ dariġ, نوحه nohe
Examples of lament in a sentence
- The poem's second line, for example, concludes with the lament "but my nerves.
- One poem lamenting the whereabouts of a friend is so well known that Mr.
- You need not be a hypercorrective schoolmarm to lament such tolerance.
Synonyms of lament
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Antonyms
Forms of lament
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | laments |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | laments |
| present participle | lamenting |
| past participle | lamented |
| past | lamented |
Origin of lament
A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.
Words formed from lament
Words that rhyme with lament
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- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about lament
- What does lament mean?
- Lament means an expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
- What is lament in Hindi?
- Lament in Hindi is ज़ार (zār), झकना (jhaknā), कलपना (kalapnā). See Lament meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lament?
- Lament can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce lament?
- Lament is pronounced /ləˈmɛnt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lament?
- The plural of lament is laments.
Words near lament in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lament (page history and authors); कलपना (Hindi) (page history and authors); lament (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); زار (Urdu) (page history and authors); lament (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lament (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lament (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lament (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କାନ୍ଦିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); कृप् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); lament (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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