Synonyms of laments

laments 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of lament

1

as in mourns

to feel or express sorrow for

she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mourns
• regrets
• bewails
• bemoans
• deplores
• grieves (for)
• wails (for)
• weeps
• moans
• hurts
• rues
• suffers
• sobs
• cries (for)
• bawls
• agonizes
• sorrows
• elegizes
• blubbers
• keens
• bleeds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delights
• rejoices (in)
• laughs
• smiles
• cheers
• joys
• glories (in)
• exults (in)
• beams
• grins

2

as in regrets

to feel sorry or dissatisfied about

the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather

Synonyms & Similar Words

• regrets
• bemoans
• deplores
• repents
• rues
• bewails
• mourns
• grieves (for)
• aches (for)
• sorrows (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enjoys
• relishes
• delights (in)
• revels (in)
• savors

laments

2 of 2

noun

plural of lament

1

as in wails

a crying out in grief

the national lament that was heard when the beloved singer perished in the crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wails
• lamentations
• tears
• cries
• groans
• mournings
• moans
• howls
• plaints
• keens
• regrets
• sobs
• sufferings
• protests
• woes
• sorrows
• outcries
• anguishes
• heartbreaks
• heartaches
• griefs
• complaints
• dolors
• hand-wringings
• cris de coeur

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicings
• exultations

2

as in taps

a composition expressing one's grief over a loss

a poem that is her lament for her late grandmother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taps
• dirges
• elegies
• requiems
• threnodies
• elegiacs
• monodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eulogies
• encomiums
• paeans
• panegyrics

3

as in whines

an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment

the actress' lament that there aren't enough good roles for women

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whines
• moans
• complaints
• grievances
• fusses
• whimpers
• grumbles
• bitches
• wails
• bleats
• gripes
• murmurs
• squawks
• plaints
• hollers
• whinges
• grouses
• carps
• beefs
• yammers
• objections
• protests
• grouches
• kvetches
• misereres
• demurs
• stinks
• expostulations
• challenges
• quibbles
• remonstrances
• kicks
• niggles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compliments
• praises
• plaudits
• commendations
• acclaim
• sanctions
• approvals
• endorsements
• applauses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of laments

Verb

Goodman laments the dissolution of the Creative Alliance and the incendiary action of its former participants. — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026

This prescient issue is buried in a recent, must-read Free Press article by Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin that laments the growing impotence of the old-fashioned historian in the face of bots and algorithmic amplifications. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

In this episode, Peter laments getting married so young and ends up going back in time to soak up more of the single life. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

Richard Brody laments its lack of gods, writing that this modern interpretation neglects a key part of the story and undermines its enchantments. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Juan Guerrero, 70, has lived in Marbella for the past 50 years, and laments the changes to the city, which used to be a small fishing town dotted with vegetable gardens. — Sabrina Nelson Garcinuño, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Fox laments that many younger artists don’t take that approach. — Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

Barthel laments that anti-cannabis laws encouraged growers to develop highly potent strains, just as Prohibition in the 1920s put potentially lethal moonshine into circulation. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Age has finally caught up with them, Amy Nicholson laments. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Noun

The other main track of Diamanda’s career is her interpretations of old standards, Gospel songs, laments, and folk tunes. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 21 Aug. 2026

Her laments are now laced with fury, as genocidal wars and murderous technologies join global warming in the twenty-first century’s third decade. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

Fines aren’t the answer to the EU’s laments, but better third parties are. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Anyone who has spent time on a college campus lately has probably heard laments from faculty about their students’ reading habits, or rather nonreading habits. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

In a place whose people are forced to endure the same struggles as their parents (to paraphrase one of this film’s most aching laments), time will always be a flat circle. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope. — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments. — Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026

The legislation behind this flurry of warnings and laments is Assembly Bill 1207, which emerged from backroom negotiations last September. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026