3 entries under this word
v. i. [Fr. lamenter, Sp. lamentar, It. lamentare, Lat. lamentari.]
Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament. Shak.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. LAMENTED; p. pr. & vb. n. LAMENTING.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to deplore; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden.
Synonyms—To deplore; mourn; bewail. See DEPLORE.
n. [Lat. lamentum, lamenta, It., Sp., & Pg. lamento, Fr. lament.]
Sense 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.
Sense 2. An elegy or mournful ballad.