lament
nounEtymology
A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.
- borrowed from lamenter
Definitions
An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
A song expressing grief.
To express grief
To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
- Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
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To express great sorrow or regret over
To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
- One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes.
The neighborhood
- synonymafterthink
- synonymbecry
- synonymbegrieve
- synonymbemoan
- synonymbemourn
- synonymbewail
- synonymbeweep
- synonymcondole
- synonymdeplore
- synonymelegize
- synonymgrieve
- synonymgrieven
- antonymcheer up
- antonymgladden
- neighborlamentability
- neighborlamentable
- neighborlamentation
- neighborLamentations
- neighborlamenting
- neighborbe sad
- neighborsad
- neighborsadden
- neighborfeel
- neighbordeprecate
- neighbordespair
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at lament. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at lament. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at lament
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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