EGAVE

lament

About 2.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
  2. noun A song expressing grief.
  3. verb To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
  4. verb To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.

Similar words

coronach deplore threnody elegy lamentation dirge bemoan plaint bewail wail

Often followed by

the for that of over and in his is

Word family

lamented lamenting laments

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