lamentation

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[C,U] (formal) an expression of great sadness or disappointment: lamentations from the team's supporters about their failure

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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.

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lamentationEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus lamentationEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary lamentationEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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