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as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words
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as in to regret
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather
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as in wail
a crying out in grief
the national lament that was heard when the beloved singer perished in the crash
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as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
the actress' lament that there aren't enough good roles for women
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Recent Examples of lament
Justin Segrest, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
South Florida coach Bryan Hodgson wasn’t going to lament his offense's first-half struggles.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Her self-reflections have always landed better than love laments though, and there’s plenty of these on the new one.
—Lina Lecaro, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Come revel in your good choices and lament the bad ones!
—Justin Segrest, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
South Florida coach Bryan Hodgson wasn’t going to lament his offense's first-half struggles.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
And his lament over the pain of farewells likely will be felt by many of the athletes gathering Sunday for the Olympic closing ceremony at Arena di Verona, a 1st century Roman amphitheater.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Her self-reflections have always landed better than love laments though, and there’s plenty of these on the new one.
—Lina Lecaro, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lament
Verb
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Many Banksy fans mourned the loss of the mystery and lashed out at the news outlet.—
Laurie Kellman,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Jaber Abdulhamid Diab Mohammedin was mourned on the Palestinian Ministry of Health General Directorate of Nursing’s Facebook page as an Intensive Care Unit nurse at the Al-Rantisi Specialized Children’s Hospital.—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Or this one, about the women who do regret having children.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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The administrator who spoke to the Southern California News Group regretted not relocating sooner and planned to move away as soon as possible.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Israeli military and the Home Front Command have increasingly sought to communicate the danger of these bomblets to the Israeli public, urging people to remain in shelters for several minutes after the wail of the sirens has faded, until the all-clear is given.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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But their loud wail, which can be activated via a mobile app, can be heard about half a mile away.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The temperature plunges; Reilly’s trills harden into an Old World dirge.—
Brad Shoup,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2026
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Swedish singer-composer Anna von Hausswolff, whose cathedral melodies, intense vocals and doom-laden dirges share much in common with Nordic heavy-metal culture, specializes in mystery and grandiosity.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Village sounds of chickens and goats were pierced by the distant whine of commercial jets climbing out of Agadir’s international airport.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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No suspicious whine in the air, no burning of pungent oils to put off biters.—
Antonia Quirke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
Noun
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In Berceuse Parish, there are so many elegies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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The show, a sort of elegy for Gen X, opens with a flash-forward to July 16, 1999, the final hours of Carolyn and John.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Under Hiller, the Kings went into the Olympic break with a whimper and came out of it with a moan.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
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The moans announced the doubt throughout Riviera’s 18th green amphitheater, a bowl full of thousands of fans unsure if the new guy could do it.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Lament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lament. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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