lament

lament

noun

Definition of LAMENT

1

a crying out in grief <the national lament that was heard when President Kennedy was assassinated>

Synonyms groan, howl, keen, lamentation, moan, plaint, wail

Related Words cry, sob, tears; agonizing, grieving, mourning, sorrowing, suffering, weeping; hand-wringing, regret; complaint, cri de coeur, outcry, protest; anguish, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorrow, woe

Near Antonyms cheering, laughing, smiling

Antonyms exultation, rejoicing

2

a composition expressing one's grief over a loss <a poem that is her lament for her late grandmother>

Synonyms dirge, elegy, requiem, threnody

Related Words taps; elegiac (also elegiacal), monody

Near Antonyms encomium, eulogy, paean, panegyric

3

an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment <the career woman's lament that there aren't any good men left>

Synonyms beef, bitch, bleat, carp, fuss, grievance, gripe, grouch, grouse, grumble, holler, kvetch, lament, miserere, moan, murmur, plaint, squawk, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer

Related Words challenge, demur, expostulation, kick, niggle [chiefly British], objection, protest, quibble, remonstrance, stink

Near Antonyms commendation, compliment, plaudit; acclaim, applause, praise; approval, endorsement (also indorsement), sanction