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lamenting

lamenting is the present participle and gerund of lament.

Meaning of lament

Verb

lament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented)

  1. (intransitive) 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
  2. (transitive) 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
    Synonyms:
    bemoan, bewail

See all 4 meanings of lament

Noun

lamenting (plural lamentings)

  1. Lamentation.
    • I hope my piteous pearcyng plaintes,1577, Timothy Kendall (translator), “The song of S. Ierome in the deseit” in Flowers of Epigrammes, London: John Shepperd, If gronyngs greate, get grace at God, and loude lamentyngs, loue
    • The night has been unruly: where we lay,
      Our chimneys were blown down; and, as they say,
      Lamentings heard i’ th’ air, strange screams of death[…]c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of lamenting

plurallamentings

Words formed from lamenting

Questions about lamenting

What does lamenting mean?
Lamenting means lamentation.
What is lamenting the present participle and gerund of?
Lamenting is the present participle and gerund of lament.
What part of speech is lamenting?
Lamenting is a noun.
What is the plural of lamenting?
The plural of lamenting is lamentings.

Words near lamenting in the dictionary

  1. lamenters
  2. lamentest
  3. lamenteth
  4. lamentful
  5. lamentin
  6. lamenting
  7. lamentingly
  8. lamentings
  9. lamentins
  10. lamentive
  11. lamentless

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