lamentation
Roget category 839
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections
#839.
[Expression of pain.]
Lamentation
noun
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.
verb
lament,
mourn,
deplore,
grieve,
weep over —
bewail,
bemoan —
condole with
etc.
915 —
fret
etc.
(suffer)
828 —
wear mourning,
go into mourning,
put on mourning —
wear the willow,
wear sackcloth and ashes —
infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.]
[Vergil];
etc.
(regret)
833
give sorrow words.
sigh —
give a sigh,
heave,
fetch a sigh —
waft a sigh from Indus to the pole"
[Pope];
sigh 'like a furnace'"
[As you Like It];
wail.
cry,
weep,
sob,
greet,
blubber,
pipe,
snivel,
bibber†,
whimper,
pule —
pipe one's eye —
drop tears,
shed tears,
drop a tear,
shed a tear —
melt into tears,
burst into tears —
fondre en larmes [Fr.] —
cry oneself blind,
cry one's eyes out —
yammer.
scream
etc.
(cry out)
411 —
mew
etc.
(animal sounds)
412 —
groan,
moan,
whine —
roar —
roar like a bull,
bellow like a bull —
cry out lustily,
rend the air.
frown,
scowl,
make a wry face,
gnash one's teeth,
wring one's hands,
tear one's hair,
beat one's breast,
roll on the ground,
burst with grief.
complain,
murmur,
mutter,
grumble,
growl,
clamor,
make a fuss about,
croak,
grunt,
maunder —
deprecate
etc.
(disapprove)
932.
cry out before one is hurt,
complain without cause.
adjective
lamenting
etc.
v. —
in mourning,
in sackcloth and ashes —
sorrowing,
sorrowful
etc.
(unhappy)
828 —
mournful,
tearful —
lachrymose —
plaintive,
plaintful† —
querulous,
querimonious† —
in the melting mood —
threnetic†.
in tears,
with tears in one's eyes —
with moistened eyes,
with watery eyes —
bathed in tears,
dissolved in tears —
like Niobe all tears"
[Hamlet].
elegiac,
epicedial†.
adverb
de profundis [Lat.] —
les larmes aux yeux [Fr.].
interjection
heigh-ho!,
alas!,
alack! †,
O dear!,
ah me!,
woe is me!,
lackadaisy! †,
well a day!,
lack a day!,
alack a day! †,
wellaway! †,
alas the day!,
O tempora O mores! †,
what a pity!,
miserabile dictu! [Lat.],
O lud lud! †,
too true!,
phrase
tears standing in the eyes,
tears starting from the eyes —
eyes suffused,
eyes swimming,
eyes brimming,
eyes overflowing with tears —
if you have tears prepare to shed them now"
[Julius Caesar];
interdum lacrymae pondera vocis habent [Lat.]
[Ovid];
strangled his language in his tears"
[Henry VIII];
tears such as angels weep"
[Paradise Lost].
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