lament

1. 1.

   express grief verbally

   “we lamented the death of the child”

   Synonymskeen

   Broaderexpress emotion
2. 2.

   regret strongly

   “I deplore this hostile action”

   “we lamented the loss of benefits”

   Synonymsdeplorebewailbemoan

   Broadercomplain

Other forms of lament

plural

laments·

past tense

lamented·

present participle

lamenting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lament

What does lament mean?

lament means "a cry of sorrow and grief". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lament?

lament has 2 syllables: la-ment. The stress falls on "ment". In IPA it is /ləˈmɛnt/.

What is another word for lament?

Close synonyms include lamentation, plaint, wail, dirge, coronach. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lament a common word?

lament is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lament?

5 words rhyme with lament. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.