Overview of noun lament

The noun lament has 3 senses

• lament, lamentation, plaint, wail -- (a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward")


• dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody -- (a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person)


• elegy, lament -- (a mournful poem; a lament for the dead)

Overview of verb lament

The verb lament has 2 senses

• lament, keen -- (express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child")


• deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan -- (regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits")