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")

Overview of adj lamenting

The adj lamenting has 1 sense

• lamenting, wailing, wailful -- (vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare)