lamented
adjective
[ ləˈmɛntɪd ]
• a conventional way of describing someone who has died or something that has ceased to exist.
• "the late and much lamented Leonard Bernstein"
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’.
