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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
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as in regrets
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather
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as in wails
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 whines
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 laments
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
20 June 2026
Here’s the latest harrowing dispatch from the frontlines of education, as yet another higher education instructor laments that his pupils literally can’t read.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
10 June 2026
Deedson has played at stadiums now under gang control, and laments that Haitian kids aspiring to make the national team one day can’t use those vital facilities.
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Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
On that song, Chapman laments about his unwillingness to evolve.
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Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2026
The song, which Diamond wrote with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, laments the cooling of a romance in language as direct as the music is florid; the recording, as the story goes, came in response to a homemade edit by a radio programmer eager to hear the two stars sing together.
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Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Barbara Deer and her son Kaleb died in a murder-suicide, officials said, sending shockwaves through Chicago political circles as the city’s West Side laments the losses in one of its most prominent families.
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Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Willy laments to his stout and thankless wife, Linda (Laurie Metcalf, upholding her reputation as a Broadway MVP), that buyers on the road laugh at him — that one even called him a shrimp.
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Naveen Kumar,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
In it, Juliet laments that Romeo is a Montague, the rival family to her own, the Capulets.
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Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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.
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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.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
Her self-reflections have always landed better than love laments though, and there’s plenty of these on the new one.
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Lina Lecaro,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
Continue reading … WAR OF WORDS – AOC weighs in after Republican laments 'humiliation' of Mamdani campaigning in Arabic.
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FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
The poem ends with the hero’s burial and the laments of his followers.
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Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped holding coordination calls on H5N1 with health providers this spring — a change Chin-Hong laments.
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Evan Bush,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
As is so often the case when a Connecticut business closes, customers shared laments on social media.
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
James Jeansonne, who works in marketing at a company in Columbus, Ohio, laments the loss of Spirit.
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Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
20 June 2026
Here’s the latest harrowing dispatch from the frontlines of education, as yet another higher education instructor laments that his pupils literally can’t read.
—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
10 June 2026
Deedson has played at stadiums now under gang control, and laments that Haitian kids aspiring to make the national team one day can’t use those vital facilities.
—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
On that song, Chapman laments about his unwillingness to evolve.
—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2026
The song, which Diamond wrote with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, laments the cooling of a romance in language as direct as the music is florid; the recording, as the story goes, came in response to a homemade edit by a radio programmer eager to hear the two stars sing together.
—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Barbara Deer and her son Kaleb died in a murder-suicide, officials said, sending shockwaves through Chicago political circles as the city’s West Side laments the losses in one of its most prominent families.
—
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Willy laments to his stout and thankless wife, Linda (Laurie Metcalf, upholding her reputation as a Broadway MVP), that buyers on the road laugh at him — that one even called him a shrimp.
—
Naveen Kumar,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
In it, Juliet laments that Romeo is a Montague, the rival family to her own, the Capulets.
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Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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.
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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
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
Continue reading … WAR OF WORDS – AOC weighs in after Republican laments 'humiliation' of Mamdani campaigning in Arabic.
—
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
The poem ends with the hero’s burial and the laments of his followers.
—
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped holding coordination calls on H5N1 with health providers this spring — a change Chin-Hong laments.
—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
As is so often the case when a Connecticut business closes, customers shared laments on social media.
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laments
Verb
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The passage echoes Whitehead’s response to 9/11, as Carney mourns the neighborhood that the Twin Towers would supplant.
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Civil rights advocates liken Kohen Wiley’s death to other Black lives lost after minor accusations, as experts question firing into moving cars and investigators review footage while his family mourns.
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The club’s owner, Willie Dann, said he is horrified by what has happened recently and regrets ever hiring Kerlew.
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But on a certain level, Van Gundy will always be a Knicks lifer who regrets resigning from the team a quarter century ago and who was interested in his old job when David Fizdale and Tom Thibodeau were hired instead.
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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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Her wails of pain were audible on TV broadcasts as medics tended to her before a helicopter finally carried her away.
Noun
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Small white lights shine through the fabric to guide your taps.
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Return your right hand to the floor and repeat on the other side (this time, left hand taps right shoulder).
Noun
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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.
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At the moment that B’Tselem says Hathaleen collapsed, the visuals are jostled but moans of pain can be heard.
Noun
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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.
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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.
Noun
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The pioneering alt-country band returns with its first album in 30 years—a set of cryptic, languid dirges that feels defiantly out-of-time.
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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.
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Back in 2018, there were complaints about the ads.
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The breakdown came after years of increasingly frequent complaints about train delays and service interruptions.
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“Laments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laments. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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