Lament — Defs

01 v. i. To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

1.
To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
“Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.” — 2 Chron. xxxv. 25.

“Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.” — John xvi. 20.

02 v. t. To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting

1.
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
“One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.” — Dryden.

Syn. To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.

03 n. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

1.
Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
“Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.” — Milton.
2.
An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.