Antonyms for lament
ləˈmɛntlament

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1. lamentverb

   Synonyms:
   bewail

2. lamentverb

   To express grief.

   Synonyms:
   bewail

3. lamentverb

   To bewail.

   Synonyms:
   bewail

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1. lament

   To mourn is to feel or express sadness or distress because of some loss, affliction, or misfortune; mourning is thought of as prolonged, grief or regret may be transient. One may grieve or mourn, regret, rue, or sorrow without a sound; he bemoans with suppressed and often inarticulate sounds of grief; he bewails with passionate utterance, whether of inarticulate cries or of spoken words. He laments in plaintive or pathetic words, as the prophet Jeremiah in his "Lamentations." One deplores with settled sorrow which may or may not find relief in words. One is made to rue an act by some misfortune resulting, or by some penalty or vengeance inflicted because of it. One regrets a slight misfortune or a hasty word; he sorrows over the death of a friend.

   Antonyms:
   be joyful, exult, joy, make merry, rejoice, triumph

   Synonyms:
   bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve, mourn, regret, rue, sorrow

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1. lament

   Antonyms:
   welcome, hall

   Synonyms:
   deplore, mourn, bewail, regret, grieve for, bemoan, wail for

Matched Categories

1. • Express Emotion

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1. lament, lamentation, plaint, wailnoun

   a cry of sorrow and grief

   "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"

   Synonyms:
   coronach, dirge, lamentation, wail, threnody, mourning, plaint, requiem, elegy

2. dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnodynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   coronach, dirge, lamentation, wail, threnody, plaint, requiem, elegy

3. elegy, lamentverb

   a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

   Synonyms:
   coronach, dirge, lamentation, wail, threnody, plaint, requiem, elegy

4. lament, keenverb

   express grief verbally

   "we lamented the death of the child"

   Synonyms:
   deplore, keen, bemoan, bewail

5. deplore, lament, bewail, bemoanverb

   regret strongly

   "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"

   Synonyms:
   deplore, bewail, keen, bemoan

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1. lamentverb

   Synonyms:
   bemoan, weep, wail, deplore, grieve, bewail, mourn

How to use lament in a sentence?

1. Omar Khayyam:

   When morning silvers the dark firmament, Why shrills the bird of dawning his lament? It is to show in dawn?s bright looking-glass How of thy careless life a night is spent.

2. R. A. Salvatore, Sojourn:

   Is yours an honest lament?...Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.

3. Lillian Eichler Watson:

   There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present.

4. Clive Moore:

   A current joke is that people lament the decline of Honiara's quaint Honiaras Chinatown, which is no longer central, but then others say it does not matter as the whole of Honiara is Honiaras Chinatown now.

5. Simon Pokagon:

   Shall not one line lament our forest race, Struck out for you from wild creation's face Freedom-the selfsame freedom you adore-Bade us defend our violated shore.

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