| v. i. | 1. | To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. |
| v. t. | 1. | To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. |
| n. | 1. | Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. |
| 2. | An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like. |
| Noun | 1. | lament - a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" |
| 2. | lament - a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | |
| 3. | lament - a mournful poem; a lament for the dead Synonyms: elegy | |
| Verb | 1. | lament - express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" Synonyms: keen |
| 2. | lament - regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" |