LAMENTATIONS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

lamentations

noun

plural of lamentation

as in wails

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

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Recent Examples of lamentations These rock lamentations will not be carried over to the full-length album the band still has in the works, which Bono promises will have a more joyful tone. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026 The album’s Bandcamp blurb shouts out Ghédalia Tarzatès, the late French composer who collaged his wails and lamentations in the endangered Ladino language to evoke pangs of existential angst. —

H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026 The language surrounding Bailey echoes sentiments from the 1990s and early 2000s, when public revelations of a celebrity’s homosexuality often triggered exaggerated lamentations from straight female fans. —

Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025 The previous two Jennings collaborations — 2024’s The Fear of Standing Still and 2020’s Lamentations — are two of Barham’s personal favorites in his entire catalog. —

Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025 What can be dizzying about the collection is the way traditional themes of Yiddish song and Hebrew liturgy — lyrics of resilience in the face of persecution, prayers of consolation for the brokenhearted, Lamentations read on Tisha B’Av — are recast with the Palestinians as their protagonists. —

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025 An artwork from the series Wall of Lamentations by Santiago Montoya that was on view in March at Halcyon Gallery, in London. —

Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 His latest book is Lamentations of Nezahualcóyotl: Nahuatl Poems. —

Ilan Stavans, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025 There have been lamentations about the end of an era and anxiety in the fan and creative communities about the risk of over-exploitation of the British super-spy. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025

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There was grit and grime to his feedback-heavy guitar wails, but there was sweep and grandeur too, more apparent on stage than on record.

— Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Ride the thrill of Hostile Design’s passionate wails and percussion overload when the group headlines eight shows to kick off the new year, making their way across California, Rhode Island, Quebec, Ontario, Pennsylvania, and Illinois with the same energy that once fueled their humble beginnings.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026