📖 Definitions of "Lamenting"
verb
- 1
To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
- 2
To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
noun
- 1
Lamentation.
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lamenting"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| wailful | (chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful. |
| sorrowful | exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person) |
| wailingnoun | A loud drawn out scream or howl. |
| mourningnoun | Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death. |
| bemoaningnoun | A moaning or lamentation that is loudly expressed. |
| complainingnoun | The act by which someone complains; a complaint. |
| weepingnoun | Action of the verb to weep. |
| moaningnoun | The utterance of a moan. |
| regrettingnoun | The act by which something is regretted. |
| deploringverb | (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of. |
| ruingverb | (transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place. |
| lamentationnoun | The act of lamenting. |
| waymentingnoun | (obsolete) Lamentation. |
| waymentnoun | (obsolete) Lamentation; grief. |
| wailmentnoun | (obsolete) Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. |
| bewailingverb | The act of one who bewails something. |
| plainnoun | An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. |
| languishing | Lacking of vigor or spirit. |
| bewailmentnoun | (archaic) The act of bewailing. |
| mournverb | (ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). |
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