Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - lament
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Lament
lament
I. verb Etymology: Middle English lementen, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French ~er, from Latin ~ari, from ~um, noun, ~ Date: 15th century intransitive verb to mourn aloud ; wail transitive verb 1. to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively ; mourn 2. to regret strongly Synonyms: see deplore II. noun Date: 1591 1. a crying out in grief ; wailing 2. dirge, elegy 3. complaint
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n. & v. --n. 1 a passionate expression of grief. 2 a song or poem of mourning or sorrow. --v.tr. (also absol.) 1 express or feel grief for or about; regret (lamented the loss of his ticket). 2 (as lamented adj.) a conventional expression referring to a recently dead person (your late lamented father). Phrases and idioms lament for (or over) mourn or regret. Derivatives lamenter n. lamentingly adv. Etymology: L lamentum ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. плач, рыдания, стенания; горькие жалобы 2. элегия, жалобная песнь 3. похоронная песнь (часто исполняемая на волынке) 4. плакать, оплакивать; стенать, горько жаловаться to lament the death of a friend, to lament for a friend —- оплакивать (смерть) друга 5. горевать, сокрушаться; сетовать to lament one's failure —- сокрушаться о своей неудаче to lament one's fate —- роптать на (свою) судьбу to lament one's youth —- оплакивать свою молодость ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) горестное стенание; жалобы 2) элегия; жалобная, похоронная песнь 2. v. 1) стенать, плакать; сокрушаться; горевать 2) оплакивать (for, over) the late lamented - покойник, умерший; покойный муж 3) горько жаловаться; сетовать Syn: see deplore ...Англо-русский словарь
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(laments, lamenting, lamented) 1. If you lament something, you express your sadness, regret, or disappointment about it. (mainly FORMAL or WRITTEN) Ken began to lament the death of his only son... He laments that people in Villa El Salvador are suspicious of the police... ‘Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas,’ he lamented. VERB: V n, V that, V with quote, also V 2. Someone’s lament is an expression of their sadness, regret, or disappointment about something. (mainly FORMAL or WRITTEN) She spoke of the professional woman’s lament that a woman’s judgment is questioned more than a man’s. N-COUNT: oft with poss 3. A lament is a poem, song, or piece of music which expresses sorrow that someone has died. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v 1 to express feelings of great sadness about something (The nation lamented the death of its great war leader.) + over (lamenting over her luck in love) 2 to express annoyance or disappointment about something you think is unsatisfactory or unfair (another article lamenting the decline of popular television) ~2 n a song, piece of music, or something that you say, that expresses a feeling of sadness (A lone piper played a lament.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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