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as in mourns
to feel or express sorrow for
she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words
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as in regrets
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather
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as in wails
a crying out in grief
the national lament that was heard when the beloved singer perished in the crash
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as in whines
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
the actress' lament that there aren't enough good roles for women
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Recent Examples of laments
Terry Ward, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Country musician Zac Brown pulls up to the beach on a motorboat in one scene, while contestant Christian Hubicki laments at another point that his fate in the game may be decided by Jimmy Fallon, a nod to the late-night host having possibly devised an advantage.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The film’s most powerful scene arrives when Turdugul’s grandmother refuses to sell her property to routine opportunists and laments about a vanishing village that has been slipping through her fingers — an occasion Akynbekov and Kubat approach with an unobtrusive, documentarian aesthetic.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 23 Nov. 2025
Frank Holt, an emeritus professor at the University of Houston who has studied the history of coins, laments the loss.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
In Netflix's Being Eddie documentary, Murphy laments that the speech did not get more attention at the time.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
Binkiewicz laments the shutdowns that plague business owners across Miami Beach.
—Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
After a Frozen Four loss to Colgate — Sullivan still laments one of his teammates’ shots hitting the post in a 3-2 defeat — both Sullivan and Sacco turned pro.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The board laments the fact that the rich are self-funding their way to political power.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The poem ends with the hero’s burial and the laments of his followers.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped holding coordination calls on H5N1 with health providers this spring — a change Chin-Hong laments.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Apologies and laments and longing are woven throughout the album, but the speaker doesn’t ask anything of anyone that comes across as especially loud.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
As is so often the case when a Connecticut business closes, customers shared laments on social media.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
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Post laments that general dining etiquette is not something that’s taught widely in the US.
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Continue reading … WAR OF WORDS – AOC weighs in after Republican laments 'humiliation' of Mamdani campaigning in Arabic.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for laments
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And as the university mourns Ward’s death, Self helped to put the win in perspective.—
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The rugged dive bar with more than 70 years of history was destroyed in the Eaton fire, and the community still mourns it.—
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Meanwhile, Jim regrets agreeing to a snowball fight with Dwight.—
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Looking back, Ruano regrets not seeing the withholding case through.—
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Ride the thrill of Hostile Design’s passionate wails and percussion overload when the group headlines eight shows to kick off the new year, making their way across California, Rhode Island, Quebec, Ontario, Pennsylvania, and Illinois with the same energy that once fueled their humble beginnings.—
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The ear-splitting wails came from a little girl trying to get the star’s attention.—
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Use the same contactless bank card (or the same Clipper card) for all taps in that trip to receive the transfer discount.—
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For a harder version, try shoulder taps, which involve tapping alternate shoulders in the plank position without twisting.—
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The language surrounding Bailey echoes sentiments from the 1990s and early 2000s, when public revelations of a celebrity’s homosexuality often triggered exaggerated lamentations from straight female fans.—
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The previous two Jennings collaborations — 2024’s The Fear of Standing Still and 2020’s Lamentations — are two of Barham’s personal favorites in his entire catalog.—
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Swedish singer-composer Anna von Hausswolff, whose cathedral melodies, intense vocals and doom-laden dirges share much in common with Nordic heavy-metal culture, specializes in mystery and grandiosity.—
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Further down the lineup, Friday has Bieber collaborator and indie fave Dijon alongside the melodic dirges of Ethel Cain.—
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The song eventually escalates into a lecherous, breathless, glittering climax of incandescent synthesizers and melodic moans—an erotic asphyxiation depicted as utterly glorious.—
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Two microphones angle towards the duduk to capture resonant moans, creaks, squeaks and honks akin to the bridge’s.—
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Christopher Patterson's mother held back tears as his family and friends gathered on Friday outside the home where the 23-year-old lost his life two days before.—
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Narrated by Colm Feore and James Hyndman in the English and French versions of the movie, respectively, the 17-minute stop-motion short follows a poor young boy who discovers a girl whose tears, evoked by a sad home life, turn into pristine pearls.—
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“Laments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laments. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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