Synonyms for lament
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Wail — to express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn
wail, regret, mourn, sorrow, complain, grieve, weep, cry, whine, deprecate, howl, mutter, murmur, sigh, whimper, repent, pine, repine formal, elegize, elegise UK, moan formal dated, rue dated, erme dated
2. Bewail — to express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail
Other
Noun
2. Lamentation
lamentation, moaning, jeremiad, plaint formal dated
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
- v. 2
To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
- n. 1
An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
- n. 2
A song expressing grief.
Related words
- Word family
- lamentacious lamentful lamentability lamentable lamentation
- Is a kind of
- feel
Example sentences
- regret A time will come when you will regret your action.
- sorrow To my sorrow, my father cannot attend the meeting.
- mourn Don't mourn over the loss of your loved one too long.
- wail Yanni heard a police car briefly wail its siren outside.
- bemoan Teachers bemoan students' lack of interest in history.
By length
- 3 letters
- cry1, rue1
- 4 letters
- pine1, keen1, sigh1, weep1, moan1, howl1, wail1, erme
- 5 letters
- mourn1, whine1, elegy3, dirge1
- 6 letters
- regret2, sorrow2, repent2, grieve1, murmur2, mutter2, bemoan2, plaint, bewail, repine
- 7 letters
- moaning2, requiem3, whimper2, deplore2, elegize, elegise
- 8 letters
- complain2, threnody, jeremiad4, begrieve, coronach
- 9 letters
- deprecate3, epicedium
- 11 letters
- lamentation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (elegy3 = 3 syllables).