Definition of lament

"lament" in the noun sense

1. lament, lamentation, plaint, wail

a cry of sorrow and grief

"their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"

2. dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody

a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

3. elegy, lament

a mournful poem a lament for the dead

"lament" in the verb sense

1. lament, keen

express grief verbally

"we lamented the death of the child"

2. deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan

regret strongly

"I deplore this hostile action"

"we lamented the loss of benefits"

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Quotations for lament

Lament not the dead, but the living. [ Proverb ]

What 'twas weak to do,
'Tis weaker to lament, once being done. [ Shelley ]

The balmy zephyrs, silent since her death,
Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath. [ Pope ]

Those who lament for fortune do not often lament for themselves. [ Voltaire ]

To lament the past is vain; what remains is to look for hope in futurity. [ Johnson ]

Cease to lament for that thou canst not help; and study help for that which thou lamentest. [ William Shakespeare ]

It is hard to say which of the two we ought most to lament, - the unhappy man who sinks under the sense of his dishonor, or him who survives it. [ Junius ]

Misery is so little appertaining to our nature, and happiness so much so, that we in the same degree of illusion only lament over that which has pained us, but leave unnoticed that which has rejoiced us. [ Richter ]

Each successive generation plunges into the abyss of passion, without the slightest regard to the fatal effects which such conduct has produced upon their predecessors; and lament, when too late, the rashness with which they slighted the advice of experience, and stifled the voice of reason. [ Steele ]

lament in Scrabble®

The word lament is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters lament:

LAMENT
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MENTAL
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MANTLE
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lament in Words With Friends™

The word lament is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters lament:

MANTLE
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MENTAL
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MANTEL
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LAMENT
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Word Growth involving lament

Shorter words in lament

am amen ament

en men amen ament

me men amen ament

am lam lame

la lam lame

me lame

Longer words containing lament

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