wayment
- noun
- Archaic
:
lamento
- In her speech, she expressed a profound wayment for the victims of the tragedy.
Examples
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His song was filled with wayment, reflecting his deep sorrow for lost love.
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The artist's painting captured the essence of wayment, evoking feelings of deep lamentation.
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Wayment—do you know the answer to this?
Blog text (22) -
Along these lines, Gotwals, Dunn, and Wayment (2003) found that low self-esteem among athletes was related to maladaptive perfectionism, specifically the dimensions of concern over mistakes, parental criticism, and doubts about actions.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
95
6.1
A deep sadness or a serious problem someone has
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6.1
A sad song, poem, or cry that shows grief
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7.7
A strong feeling of sadness that people show by crying
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9.9
Deep, painful sadness about a loss
A deep feeling of sadness about a loss
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wayment looks like it comes from the old English feeling word woe ('great sadness') and the noun ending -ment, which makes a 'thing' or 'state', so wayment originally meant 'a state of sorrow' or a 'lament'.