lament

Speech parts

1. lament - Noun

2. lament - Verb

4. Lament - Proper noun

Meaning

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

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Lament.

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Let all partake of the feast of faith. Let all receive the riches of goodness. Let no one lament their poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one mourn their transgressions, for pardon has dawned from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the Saviour's death has set us free. John Chrysostom

Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise. Oliver Goldsmith

Far in the pillared dark Thrush music went Almost like a call to come in To the dark and lament. But no, I was out for stars I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been. Robert Frost

A sheep does not lament the death of a goat's kid. Kiganda Proverb

Eyes that don't see have less to lament. Mexican Proverb

When an wise man dies, the heavens lament. Eskimo Proverb

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