Lamentations Synonyms

laməntāzhənz
A cry of sorrow and grief
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sobs
  2. wails
  3. plaints
The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mournings
An Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Book of Lamentations

Lamentations Sentence Examples

  • Bereshith Rabba, on Genesis, and Ekhah Rabbati, on Lamentations, were probably edited in the 7th century.

  • He gave vent to his irritability by lamentations so grotesquely exaggerated as to make it difficult to estimate the real extent of the evil.

  • She first complained in murmurs, then wept, and at last burst into loud lamentations, earnestly beseeching the operator to stop.

  • Meanwhile he had published the Lamentations of Jeremiah, and the book of Revelation in Latin verse, which he dedicated to the king, complaining of his hard usage.

  • They consist of paraphrases of parts of Genesis, Exodus and Daniel, and three separate poems, the first on the lamentations of the fallen angels, the second on the "Harrowing of Hell," the resurrection, ascension and second coming of Christ, and the third (a mere fragment) on the temptation.

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