lamenting

Definition of Lamenting in English :

Adjective

vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

Example Sentences:
'lamenting sinners'
'wailing mourners'
'the wailing wind'
'wailful bagpipes'
'tangle her desires with wailful sonnets'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lamenting

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verb

1.

to feel or express sorrow, remorse, or regret (for or over)

noun

2.

an expression of sorrow

3.

a poem or song in which a death is lamented

Lamenting

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verb intransitive

1.

to feel deep sorrow or express it as by weeping or wailing; mourn; grieve

verb transitive

2.

to feel or express deep sorrow for; mourn or grieve for

3.

to regret deeply

noun

4.

an outward expression of sorrow; lamentation; wail

5.

a literary or musical composition, as an elegy or dirge, mourning some death or calamity

Lamenting

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v. la·ment·ed, la·ment·ing, la·ments

v.tr.

1. To express grief for or about; mourn: lament a death.

2. To regret deeply; deplore: He lamented his thoughtless acts.

v.intr.

1. To grieve audibly; wail.

2. To express sorrow or regret. See Synonyms at grieve.

n.

1. A feeling or expression of grief; a lamentation.

2. A song or poem expressing deep grief or mourning.

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