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lament in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. regret strongly
    "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
    deplore  lament  bewail  bemoan 
  2. express grief verbally
    "we lamented the death of the child"
    lament  keen 
noun
  1. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
    dirge  coronach  lament  requiem  threnody 
  2. a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
    elegy  lament 
  3. a cry of sorrow and grief
    "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
    lament  lamentation  plaint  wail 
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