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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
Chad De Guzman,
Time,
26 June 2026
Always going on and lamenting about her family.
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Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Time,
10 June 2026
Christianity has an awful lot to answer for, lament over, and learn from.
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Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Verb
While renters often rejoice at these rent freezes, landlords and property owners often lament them, citing increasing operation and management costs.
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Chad De Guzman,
Time,
26 June 2026
Always going on and lamenting about her family.
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Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Noun
But underneath, this micro-budget B movie is a jaundiced lament for the death of American individualism.
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Time,
10 June 2026
Christianity has an awful lot to answer for, lament over, and learn from.
—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lament
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At two hundred and fifty, the job is not to mourn it.
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Venezuelans are starting to mourn some of the 164 people who have been killed in the disaster as rescue efforts ramp up to find survivors trapped in the rubble.
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Even more surprising, not all of them regret their decision.
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Believe it or not, some people have made the mistake of throwing away old family photos for the sake of organizing only to wind up regretting it!
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After a second of consideration, Naim slams the grate shut to the monster’s wails, and the audience’s relief.
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Three species of bats inhabit the site, and supernatural events—including the appearance of the gamekeeper’s ghost and the wail of a banshee—have been reported.
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Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.
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The already dirge-like film downshifts further, towards a more pleasant state of repose, as Robin convalesces.
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Test recordings sounded clear and full, and the noise cancellation completely blocked out the buzz and whine of my 3D printer.
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Lee's voice has always been Sui generis, a distinctive instrument caught between a whine and a yelp yet immediately recognizable.
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Moments of humor sit alongside lamentation and ritual intensity, underscoring the exhibition’s refusal of a single, fixed reading.
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For Marks, the blues isn’t about lamentation.
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Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.
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The film uses one man’s late life as an elegy for a disappearing Canarian way of being, its rituals, its rootedness, its relationship to the land.
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The child’s eyes were swollen and milky, their mouth agape in a silent moan.
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Where my world was hemmed in by ridgelines and holler roads, Mary Lennox’s world was hemmed in by fog and wind and the low moan of a manor house that seemed to breathe on its own.
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“Lament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lament. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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