lamentation

lamentation

noun

Definition of LAMENTATION

a crying out in grief <there was a great lamentation on Wall Street when the government's latest unemployment figures were published>

Synonyms groan, howl, keen, lamentation, moan, plaint, wail

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

Near Antonyms cheering, laughing, smiling

Antonyms exultation, rejoicing