lament
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noun 1. an expression of grief or sorrow; wail.
Ex. The Russian scholars raised a lament against, of all things, the slighting of Latin and Greek in Soviet curriculums (Newsweek). Good grandsire, leave these bitter deep laments (Shakespeare).
lament
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v.i. to feel or show grief; mourn aloud; weep.
Ex. Why does she lament so? The ghost of Freud laments wanly of yet another disservice perpetrated in his name (Mary O'Reilly).
(SYN) grieve, wail.
lament
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v.t. 1. to sorrow for; mourn aloud for.
Ex. We lament the dead.
(SYN) bewail, deplore.
2. to feel sorrow about; regret.
Ex. We lamented his absence. I lamented my own folly ... in attempting a second voyage (Daniel Defoe).