Lament - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a mournful poem; a lament for the dead (syn: elegy)
verb
Extra examples
She lamented over the loss of her best friend.
“I've lost my best friend!” she lamented.
The poem is a lament for a lost love.
...the national lament that was heard when President Kennedy was assassinated...
It's no good lamenting over your past mistakes.
She is still lamenting for her husband.
The nation lamented the death of its great war leader.
He lamented that people had expected too much of him too soon.
She lamented the fact that manufacturers did not produce small packs for single-person households.
Steiner lamented the lack of public interest in the issue.
A lone piper played a lament.
...Juliet's pitiful lament, “alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead!”....
...the famous lament of Tennyson's Mariana: “I am aweary ... I would that I were dead!”...
This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover
Word forms
I/you/we/they: lament
he/she/it: laments
present participle: lamenting
past tense: lamented
past participle: lamented
singular: lament
plural: laments
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