verb, noun
verb (formal) to feel or express great sadness or disappointment about sb/sth:
[VN] In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside. * She sat alone weeping, lamenting her fate. [also Vthat, Vspeech]
noun (formal) a song, poem or other expression of great sadness for sb who has died or for sth that has ended:
a nostalgic lament for lost love
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lament is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does lament appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — lament appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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