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- DictionaryLa·ment/ləˈment/
noun
- 1. a passionate expression of grief or sorrow: "his mother's night-long laments for his father"
verb
- 1. mourn (a person's loss or death): "he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter"
verb [ I or T ] us / ləˈment / uk / ləˈment / Add to word list. to express sadness and feeling sorry about something: The poem opens by lamenting (over) the death of a young man. My grandmother, as usual, lamented the decline in moral standards in today's society. The late lamented (= dead and remembered with love) Frank Giotto used to live here.
A lament is full of regret and grief. If you lament something, then you feel sorry about it. You could lament a mistake you made, or you could lament a horrible thing that happened to a friend. Also, a lament is an expression of grief.
3 days ago · 3 meanings: 1. to feel or express sorrow, remorse, or regret (for or over) 2. an expression of sorrow 3. a poem or song in.... Click for more definitions.
verb [ I, T ] formal uk / ləˈment / us. Add to word list. Add to word list. to say that you are disappointed about a situation: He was lamenting the fact that so few people read fiction nowadays. (Definition of lament from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Lament definition, to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence. See more.
Definition of lament verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To grieve audibly; wail. 2. To express sorrow or regret. See Synonyms at grieve. n. 1. A feeling or expression of grief; a lamentation. 2. A song or poem expressing deep grief or mourning. [Middle English lementen, from Old French lamenter, from Latin lāmentārī, from lāmentum, lament .] la·ment′er n.
