lament
noun
[ ləˈmɛnt ]
• a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
• "his mother's night-long laments for his father"
Similar:
wail,
wailing,
lamentation,
moan,
moaning,
groan,
weeping,
crying,
sob,
sobbing,
keening,
howl,
complaint,
jeremiad,
ululation,
• a complaint.
• "there were constant laments about the conditions of employment"
lament
verb
• express passionate grief about.
• "he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter"
Similar:
mourn,
grieve (for/over),
weep for,
shed tears for,
sorrow,
wail,
moan,
groan,
weep,
cry,
sob,
keen,
plain,
howl,
pine for,
beat one's breast,
ululate,
• express regret or disappointment about something.
• "she lamented the lack of shops in the town"
Similar:
bemoan,
bewail,
complain about,
deplore,
regret,
rue,
protest against,
speak out against,
object to,
oppose,
disagree with,
fulminate against,
inveigh against,
rail at,
make a fuss about,
denounce,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’.
