lament

CEFRC1

/ləˈmɛnt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To express great sadness or regret about something.

  2. 02

    noun

    An expression of deep sadness or regret.

Examples

  • I call on the living, lament the dead, shatter the lightning.

  • One should not lament over past mistakes too long.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A song expressing grief.

  2. To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

More examples

In context

  • Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.

  • One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes.

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Origin

verb

A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.