Lament Synonyms and Antonyms

lə-mĕnt
To weep
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sob
  2. bawl
  3. wail
Grief
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lamentation
  2. plaint
  3. wail
Antonyms:
  1. joy
A mournful poem; a lament for the dead
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dirge
  2. elegy
  3. threnody
  4. complaint
  5. epicedium
  6. jeremiad
  7. keen
  8. lachrymation
  9. coronach
  10. lamentation
  11. languishment
  12. monody
  13. poem
  14. requiem
To express sorrow or regret.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grieve

Lament Sentence Examples

  • I lament the passing of the "42-day rule."

  • His amiable disposition acquired him a large circle of friends, who deeply lament his death.

  • We were listening to the lament played by piper Rob Bell.

  • You always hear aspiring authors lament about finding the time to write.

  • I may lament and weep," he adds " but truly I have had admirable sport," with his greyhounds.

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