lamented
2
7.0
Deeply missed after death or loss and spoken of with sadness
- adjective
- /ləˈmɛntɪd/
- Formal
:
lamentado
- She visited the grave of her friend, who was deeply lamented by those who knew him.
Examples
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The leader who passed away last year is still greatly lamented by the community.
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Why such a man is lamented alike by the young and the elders, and all his city goes into mourning and grieves for his loss.
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And Clive Charles, there's lots to us in this physical world and is sorely lamented because he never gets mentioned.
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His contributions to the team are lamented now that he has retired.
Synonyms
92
3.5
A person who is not alive, used in formal or respectful speech
is about being deeply missed and mourned rather than factual notice of death
5
4.2
No longer living and often remembered
is used to express deep personal loss and formal mourning
Antonyms
How Mourned
Surface Forms
lamented positive
Morphology
Etymology
Lamented comes from the familiar verb lament, which comes from a Latin word meaning 'to cry out' or 'to wail'. So, someone who is lamented is someone people 'cry for' and miss deeply after their death.