A cry of sorrow and grief.

synonyms: lament, plaint, wail.

Roget 833: regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du pays, maladie [Fr.]; lamentation etc. 839; penitence etc. 950.    bitterness, heartburning^†.    recrimination (accusation) 938.    laudator temporis acti [Lat.] etc. (discontent) 832.    ... show more

Roget 839: lament, lamentation; wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, suspiration, heaving, deep sigh.    cry etc. (vociferation) 411; scream, howl; outcry, wail of woe, ululation; frown, scowl.    tear; weeping etc. v.; flood of tears, fit of crying, lacrimation, lachrymation^†, melting mood, weeping and gnashing of teeth.    plaintiveness etc. adj.; languishment^†; condolence etc. 915.    mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning; sackcloth and ashes; lachrymatory^†; knell etc. 363; deep death song, dirge, coronach^†, nenia^†, requiem, elegy, epicedium^†; threne^†; monody, threnody; jeremiad, jeremiade^†; ullalulla^†.    mourner; grumbler etc. (discontent) 832; Noobe; Heraclitus.    ... show more

Roget 915: condolence; lamentation etc. 839; sympathy, consolation.   

Dutch: weeklagen, weeklacht, jammerklacht, gejammer, geweeklaag, gekerm, verzuchting
Polish: lament, lamentacja

The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief.

synonym: mourning.