lamentation
lamentation
nounDefinition of LAMENTATION
a crying out in grief <there was a great lamentation on Wall Street when the government's latest unemployment figures were published>
Related Words cry, sob, tears; agonizing, grieving, mourning, sorrowing, suffering, weeping; hand-wringing, regret; complaint, cri de coeur, outcry, protest; anguish, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorrow, woe
Antonyms exultation, rejoicing
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