Found 3 items, similar to lament.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: lament
mengaduh, menyabak, ratapan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lament
lament
n 1: a cry of sorrow and grief;
“their pitiful laments could be
heard throughout the ward” [syn:
lamentation,
plaint,
wail]
2: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
memorial to a dead person [syn:
dirge,
coronach,
requiem,
threnody]
3: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn:
elegy]
v 1: express grief verbally;
“we lamented the death of the child”
[syn:
keen]
2: regret strongly;
“I deplore this hostile action”;
“we
lamented the loss of benefits” [syn:
deplore,
bewail,
bemoan]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lament
Lament
\La*ment"\, v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr.
lamentum a lament.]
To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
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Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. --2 Chron.
xxxv. 25.
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Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
--John xvi.
20.
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Lament
\La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Lamented; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Lamenting.]
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
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One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden.
Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See
Deplore.
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Lament
\La*ment"\, n. [L. lamentum. Cf.
Lament, v.]
1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries;
lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
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Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
--Milton.
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2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
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