lament
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6.1
- noun
- /ləˈmɛnt/
- Literature
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lamento
- The traditional song was a lament for those who had fallen in battle, evoking deep sorrow among the listeners.
- lament Psalms
- tradition of laments
It was not a gradualist lament by Timothy Dwight.
- It was not a gradualist lament by Timothy Dwight.
- This is just sort of a chanter ode lament for the brilliance of wolves.
- The first expedition, a sacrifice to a lack of context, A lament unrecognized as such until it was too late.
- We may not have had your Charlie Brown Christmas special, but we had something just as fun, a cartoon called Tragic Theodore's Yuletide Laments.
Examples
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In response, John launched into an impassioned lament about toxicology funding.
Fiction book (1999) -
And here I would like to end with a lament about the state of discourse on this subject.
Academic text (2008) -
Here he describes his lament for missing his son's wedding:
Academic text (2017) -
But I could hear the drums and the weird lament of the islands.
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To every new lover, you repeat the same lament, always careful to nurse the pain.
Fiction book (1991) -
Compare the famous Mexican lament, "so far from God, so close to the United States."
Academic text (1998) -
The pipe music stopped, and the piper started another tune, "The Lament for the Only Son."
Fiction book (1999) -
The feeling of being insufficiently appreciated is a common childhood lament.
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A lament for Gandalf.
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When Hind finished singing snatches of a lover's lament by Fairuz, the old woman smiled.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.0
A time when someone has tears because they feel sad or upset
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3.2
A long loud cry that shows pain or deep sadness
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8.9
A musical piece sung at a funeral to honor the dead
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8.2
A slow sad song for people who have died
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7.7
A strong feeling of sadness that people show by crying
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8.1
A poem or song that shows sorrow for someone who has died
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9.9
A song or poem that expresses sadness for someone who has died
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9.9
A sad cry or song that shows sadness
A sad song sung at a funeral to honor the dead
A deep feeling of sadness after a loss
A short musical piece with a sad, quiet mood
Antonyms
How Sorrowful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lament comes from the Latin lamentum, which means 'a wailing' or sad song. So a lament is a song or cry that shows deep sorrow.