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Noun lament has 3 senses
- lament, lamentation, plaint, wail - a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
--1 is a kind of complaint
- dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody - a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
--2 is a kind of song
--2 has particulars: keen
- elegy, lament - a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
--3 is a kind of poem, verse form
Verb lament has 2 senses
- lament, keen - express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
--1 is one way to express emotion, express feelings
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan - regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
--2 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sample sentence:
They lament that there was a traffic accident
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