Synonyms for
Lament
Definition
to express sadness or grief about something
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- lament the loss
- lament the passing
- lament the state
- lament the fact
- lament deeply
- lament loudly
Word family
Usage note
Lament is often used to express sorrow or regret over something that has been lost or is in a bad state. It can be used formally or informally, though the literary synonyms suggest a more elevated tone.
Example sentences
- She let out a loud lament when she found out her ice cream had fallen off the cone.
- He wrote a beautiful lament for his grandfather he had lost.
- The entire town shared in the lament over the tragedy that had occurred.
- The last words of the song were a lament about how quickly time passes.
- We heard the mournful lament of the wind through the trees.
Quotes
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.' - Alfred Lord Tennyson
I cannot lament too often or too deeply the evils of the system. - William Wilberforce
The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. - Samuel Beckett