Definition for Lament:

• To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Synonyms for Lament:

• n.

  •
  • ditty,
  • ballad,
  • epic,
  • epigram,
  • doggerel,
  • cycle.
  •
  • shed tears,
  • bawl.
  •
  • happy.
  •clamor (noun)
  • outcry.
  •complaint (noun)
  • squawk,
  • accusation,
  • kick,
  • grievance.
  •cry (noun)
  • keening,
  • blubber,
  • yowl,
  • sorrowing.
  •dirge (noun)
  • funeral song,
  • coronach,
  • threnody,
  • elegy.
  •lament (noun)
  • requiem,
  • keen.
  •lament/lamentation (noun)
  • moaning,
  • complaining,
  • ululation,
  • weeping,
  • mourning,
  • grieving.

• v.

  •agonize (verb)
  • pain,
  • distress.
  •brood (verb)
  • languish,
  • fret.
  •complain (verb)
  • disapprove,
  • bitch,
  • object,
  • fuss,
  • snivel,
  • deprecate,
  • gripe,
  • grouse,
  • protest,
  • charge,
  • whimper,
  • beef,
  • accuse,
  • yammer,
  • carp,
  • criticize.
  •cry (verb)
  • blub,
  • mewl,
  • Boohoo.
  •lament (verb)
  • kick self,
  • sing,
  • decry,
  • sniffle,
  • snuffle,
  • rain,
  • bleed,
  • hurt,
  • bewail,
  • long.
  •pity (verb)
  • feel for,
  • condole,
  • pity,
  • commiserate,
  • show compassion,
  • sympathize,
  • relent,
  • take pity on,
  • empathize.
  •protest (verb)
  • denigrate,
  • detract,
  • grouch,
  • ridicule,
  • disparage.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • blues.
  •
  • suffer.
  •cry
  • weep.
  •dirge
  • monody.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dejectedly,
  • gloomily,
  • hardly,
  • downcast,
  • verse form,
  • Thanatopsis,
  • regretfully,
  • wistfully,
  • chant,
  • Gravamen,
  • darkly,
  • elegize,
  • droop,
  • discontentedly,
  • closely,
  • poignantly,
  • scream,
  • lugubriously,
  • dolorous,
  • yearn,
  • narrowly,
  • remorsefully,
  • firmly,
  • grievously,
  • heavily,
  • condemn,
  • piteously,
  • wretchedly,
  • Take ill,
  • meanly,
  • pule,
  • disappointedly,
  • sorrowfully,
  • groaning,
  • console,
  • murmur,
  • somberly,
  • nearly,
  • express feelings,
  • weep over,
  • dismal,
  • dreary,
  • distressed,
  • deeply,
  • discomfort,
  • harass,
  • Whinge,
  • kvetch,
  • dolefully,
  • affliction,
  • glumly,
  • grief,
  • wickedly,
  • Funereally,
  • badly,
  • ponderously,
  • annoy,
  • poorly,
  • tear,
  • pitiful,
  • movingly,
  • melancholy,
  • plaintively,
  • croak,
  • dreadfully,
  • lonely,
  • distressing,
  • hymn,
  • be upset,
  • Improbate,
  • tearfully,
  • dejected,
  • poem,
  • dully,
  • fissure,
  • wistful,
  • earnestly,
  • Epicedium,
  • compassionate,
  • lamentable,
  • woefully,
  • nostalgically,
  • sink,
  • gravely,
  • miserable,
  • suspiration,
  • song,
  • deplorable,
  • mischievously,
  • unhappily,
  • sorrowful,
  • dolor,
  • bleak,
  • profoundly,
  • dismally,
  • forlornly,
  • compassion,
  • despondently,
  • weightily,
  • Miserere,
  • inconsolably,
  • mournfully,
  • cruelly,
  • tearful,
  • yawp,
  • gloomy,
  • severely,
  • express sorrow,
  • grievingly,
  • doleful,
  • secretly,
  • sadden,
  • With,
  • bark,
  • depressed,
  • funeral hymn,
  • tirade,
  • distressingly,
  • sad,
  • seriously,
  • tightly,
  • emotionally,
  • grave,
  • condolence,
  • steadfastly,
  • mutter,
  • lugubrious,
  • feel remorse,
  • woeful,
  • expression of sorrow,
  • Blackly,
  • vex,
  • complain of,
  • sorry,
  • break one's heart,
  • pitifully,
  • planctus,
  • dismay,
  • holler,
  • despair,
  • grievous,
  • affectingly,
  • privately,
  • cry over,
  • knell,
  • solemnly,
  • morosely,
  • covertly,
  • feel sad,
  • joylessly,
  • injure,
  • depressingly,
  • sedately,
  • bleat,
  • ruefully,
  • give way,
  • compassionately,
  • plaintive,
  • wearily,
  • Disvalue,
  • pensively,
  • naughtily,
  • disconsolately,
  • soberly,
  • condole with,
  • calamitously,
  • sullenly,
  • miserably,
  • elegiac,
  • greet,
  • tragically,
  • tiredly,
  • murkily,
  • drearily,
  • intimately,
  • heaving,
  • hone,
  • expressively,
  • sadly,
  • dislike,
  • awfully,
  • mournful,
  • rent,
  • pine,
  • touchingly,
  • chafe.

Paraphrases for Lament:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    bemoan.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    slams, blasts, hammers, grills, slashes, raps, rips.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    complaint, regret, Regretting, regrettable.
  • Verb, past tense
    Complained, Regretted, Deplored.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    complains, mourns, deplores, regrets, Regretted, saddens.
  • Verb, base form
    complain, regret, condemn, regrettable.

Antonyms for Lament:

• n.

  • clamor
    silence, quiet.
  • complaint
    commendation, applause, happiness, recommendation, contentedness, approval.
  • lament/lamentation
    enjoyment, celebration.
  • Other antonyms:
    laughing, cheering, plaudit, triumph, panegyric, make merry, endorsement, smiling, joy, encomium, paean, eulogy, rejoicing, exultation, acclaim.

• v.

  • agonize
    not worry.
  • bemoan
    be happy, gloat.
  • complain
    commend, applaud, sanction, be content, recommend, approve.
  • lament
    praise, celebrate, laud, compliment.
  • to mourn or grieve deeply
    relieve.

Homophones for Lament:

• lentia, lenient, lowland, lento, lamnidae, lent, lie in wait, lean-to, limit, laniidae, land, lemonade, lined, lay into, lenity, liniment, lam into, lunda, lemonwood, loment, lund, laminate, lamedh, luanda, lindy, lunt, limonite, lint, lone hand, lemon-wood, landed, linnet, limited, lomatia, lunate, limanda, lanate, lend, Luna Moth, lind, lunette, lineament, line duty, lamented, lemon mint, limited audit, limeade, lintwhite, landau, lionet.

Hyponym for Lament:

• n.

  • communication
    complaint.