Thesaurus: lament Synonyms, lament Antonyms

1 a crying out in grief the national lament that was heard when President Kennedy was assassinated 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

2 a composition expressing one's grief over a loss a poem that is her lament for her late grandmother Synonyms dirge, elegy, requiem, threnody Related Words taps; elegiac (also elegiacal), monody Near Antonyms encomium, eulogy, paean, panegyric

3 an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment the career woman's lament that there aren't any good men left Synonyms beef, bitch, bleat, carp, fuss, grievance, gripe, grouch, grouse, grumble, holler, kvetch, complaint, miserere, moan, murmur, plaint, squawk, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammerRelated Words challenge, demur, expostulation, kick, niggle [chiefly British], objection, protest, quibble, remonstrance, stinkNear Antonyms commendation, compliment, plaudit; acclaim, applause, praise; approval, endorsement (also indorsement), sanction