lamented

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

The leader who passed away last year is still greatly lamented by the community.
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.
And Clive Charles, there's lots to us in this physical world and is sorely lamented because he never gets mentioned.
His contributions to the team are lamented now that he has retired.

Synonyms

deceased

vslamented

Formal

1 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

departed

vslamented

Formal

4.2

No longer living and often remembered

is used to express deep personal loss and formal mourning

Antonyms

unlamented

1 8.9

People do not miss or mourn someone when they are gone

How Mourned

lamented

Formal

7.0

unlamented

1 8.9

unremembered

1 8.1

Surface Forms

lamented positive

Morphology

lamented = lament (transparent) = lament + ed

The word 'lamented' is clearly derived from the verb 'lament' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed'.

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.