Definition for Lament:

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

Synonyms for Lament:

• n.

  •
  • ditty,
  • free verse,
  • cycle,
  • doggerel,
  • epic,
  • blank verse,
  • epigram,
  • ballad.
  •
  • shed tears,
  • bawl.
  •
  • happy.
  •bewail (noun)
  • bewail.
  •clamor (noun)
  • protesting,
  • tumult,
  • discord,
  • turmoil,
  • uproar,
  • convulsion,
  • to-do,
  • din,
  • shout,
  • hurly-burly,
  • buzz,
  • outcry,
  • hubbub,
  • ruckus,
  • agitation,
  • hoo-ha,
  • row,
  • hassle,
  • babel,
  • ferment,
  • racket,
  • remonstrance,
  • upheaval,
  • blare,
  • exclamation,
  • pandemonium,
  • bustle,
  • shouting.
  •complaint (noun)
  • kick,
  • annoyance,
  • squawk,
  • Remonstration,
  • representation,
  • protestation,
  • criticism,
  • Fault-finding,
  • grievance,
  • cc,
  • rap,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • trouble,
  • expostulation,
  • accusation.
  •coronach (noun)
  • coronach.
  •cry (noun)
  • Whimpering,
  • blubber,
  • the blue,
  • shedding tears,
  • the blues,
  • Snivelling,
  • sorrowing,
  • keenings,
  • Blubbering,
  • sobbing,
  • keening,
  • yowl,
  • howlings,
  • Bewailing,
  • bawling.
  •dirge (noun)
  • elegy,
  • threnody,
  • death song,
  • funeral song,
  • Monodies.
  •howl (noun)
  • out cried,
  • out crying,
  • out-crying,
  • outcrying,
  • out-cried.
  •requiem (noun)
  • requiem.
  •ululation (noun)
  • ululation.

• v.

  •agonize (verb)
  • crucify,
  • disturb,
  • carry on,
  • rack,
  • try,
  • afflict,
  • labor,
  • strain,
  • squirm,
  • struggle,
  • pain,
  • excruciate,
  • torment,
  • writhe,
  • torture,
  • strive,
  • distress,
  • worry,
  • martyr.
  •brood (verb)
  • meditate,
  • deliberate,
  • ruminate,
  • daydream,
  • reflect,
  • muse,
  • dream,
  • sulk,
  • languish,
  • despond,
  • ponder,
  • fret,
  • speculate,
  • gloom,
  • consider.
  •complain (verb)
  • attack,
  • grouse,
  • accuse,
  • disapprove,
  • impute,
  • reproach,
  • gainsay,
  • charge,
  • expostulate,
  • snivel,
  • oppose,
  • denounce,
  • yammer,
  • protest,
  • differ,
  • growl,
  • bitch,
  • dissent,
  • bellyache,
  • beef,
  • demur,
  • lay,
  • object,
  • cavil,
  • gripe,
  • refute,
  • fuss,
  • whimper,
  • carp,
  • defy,
  • criticize,
  • nag,
  • deprecate,
  • disagree,
  • ascribe,
  • contravene.
  •cry (verb)
  • turn on waterworks,
  • caterwaul,
  • squall,
  • mewl,
  • blub,
  • let go,
  • choke up,
  • let it all out,
  • put on the weeps,
  • crack up,
  • burst into tears,
  • ring the blues,
  • Boohoo,
  • dissolve in tears,
  • break down,
  • shed bitter tears,
  • sniff.
  •deplore (verb)
  • wert against,
  • art against,
  • objected to,
  • disapproves of,
  • am against,
  • disapproved of,
  • being against,
  • sorrows over,
  • was against,
  • sorrowed over,
  • objects to,
  • wast against,
  • objecting to,
  • sorrowing over,
  • are against,
  • were against,
  • disapproving of.
  •grieve (verb)
  • cried a river,
  • cries river,
  • crying a river,
  • hangs crepe,
  • taking hard,
  • took hard,
  • take hard,
  • takes hard,
  • cry river,
  • hanging crepe,
  • taking it hard,
  • hung crepe,
  • takes it hard,
  • hanged crepe,
  • took it hard,
  • crying river,
  • cries a river,
  • cried river.
  •pity (verb)
  • feel for,
  • condole,
  • pity,
  • commiserate,
  • show compassion,
  • sympathize,
  • relent,
  • take pity on,
  • empathize.
  •protest (verb)
  • denigrate,
  • detract,
  • grouch,
  • ridicule,
  • disparage.
  •repent (verb)
  • re forming,
  • are contrite,
  • is sorry,
  • wast sorry,
  • saw error of ways,
  • was sorry,
  • were contrite,
  • being sorry,
  • Re-forming,
  • art ashamed,
  • re forms,
  • wert contrite,
  • art sorry,
  • wast contrite,
  • reproaches oneself,
  • sees error ways,
  • showed penitence,
  • re formed,
  • being contrite,
  • are sorry,
  • were ashamed,
  • reproached oneself,
  • am contrite,
  • was ashamed,
  • seeing error ways,
  • wert sorry,
  • was contrite,
  • showing penitence,
  • re-forms,
  • sees error of ways,
  • saw error ways,
  • were sorry,
  • are ashamed,
  • am ashamed,
  • re form,
  • reproaching oneself,
  • art contrite,
  • is ashamed,
  • wert ashamed,
  • shows penitence,
  • seeing error of ways,
  • wast ashamed,
  • being ashamed,
  • am sorry,
  • see error ways,
  • is contrite.
  •repine (verb)
  • re-pine,
  • re pine,
  • re-pined,
  • ning,
  • re pines,
  • re-pining,
  • re-pines,
  • re pining,
  • re pined.
  •sigh (verb)
  • ex-hales,
  • re-spiring,
  • re spires,
  • ex-haling,
  • re-spire,
  • ex-haled,
  • re spire,
  • re spired,
  • re spiring,
  • ex haling,
  • re-spired,
  • ex haled,
  • ex hale,
  • re-spires,
  • ex hales,
  • ex-hale.
  •sob (verb)
  • cried convulsively,
  • cried eyes out,
  • crying convulsively,
  • crying eyes out,
  • cries eyes out.
  •wail (verb)
  • cries blues,
  • cries the blues,
  • cried the blues,
  • crying the blues,
  • crying blues,
  • cry blues,
  • cried blues.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • objection,
  • blues.
  •
  • suffer.
  •cry
  • letting go,
  • dissolved in tears,
  • blubbing,
  • Boohooed,
  • squalling,
  • sheds tears,
  • breaking down,
  • Mewled,
  • mewls,
  • Squalled,
  • keened,
  • keens,
  • let out,
  • lets go,
  • Boohooing,
  • letting out,
  • Mewling,
  • blubbed,
  • weep,
  • blubs.
  •dirge
  • monody.
  •regret
  • look back,
  • looking back,
  • be sorry for,
  • feel sorry,
  • have qualms,
  • kick oneself,
  • feels remorse,
  • felt remorse,
  • be disturbed,
  • feel remorse,
  • is sorry for,
  • feel uneasy,
  • have compunctions,
  • cry over,
  • wept over,
  • being sorry for,
  • weep over,
  • Regretted.

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.

Lament Sentence Examples:

• 18, and in that desolate estate of the churches, Lament.

• FitzGerald's poem is an unbroken lament.

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.