Lament

Noun

 * 1) An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.
 * 2) A song expressing grief.

Verb

 * 1)  To express grief.
 * 2)  To bewail.

Synonyms

 * bewail

Adjectives for Lament
constant; loud; inevitable; lugubrious; passionate.

Adverbs for Lament
dolorously; pitifully; pathetically; eternally; morbidly; passionately; lugubriously; quaveringly; tearfully; abnormally; hysterically; affectionately.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From lamenter: <  lamentor: < lamenta:; with formative -mentum:, from the root *undefined:, seen also in latrare:.

Noun

 * Armenian: հառաչանք, տրտունջ,  գանգատ
 * Ewe: konyifafa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoineadh
 * Serbian: jadikovanje, lelek
 * Spanish:, lamentación


 * Armenian: եղերերգ, եղերերգություն
 * Dutch: klaagzang
 * Ewe: konyifaha
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: tuireadh, cumha
 * Serbian: tužbalica, tužaljka , tugovanka

Verb

 * Armenian: գանգատվել, տրտնջալ
 * Ewe: fa konyi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Icelandic: ,


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian: ,
 * Ewe: fa konyi
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin

Related terms

 * lamentable
 * lamentability
 * lamentation
 * Lamentations

Anagrams

 * malent
 * mantel
 * mantle
 * mental

Anagrams

 * mêlant, mental