Thesaurus:lament

Thesaurus

lament

English

Verb

Sense: to feel sad or unhappy about something

Synonyms

• begrieve (archaic, rare)
• bemoan
• bewail
• beweep
• condole (India, archaic or obsolete elsewhere)
• deplore
• grieve
• grieven
• keen
• lament
• mean    [⇒ thesaurus] (Ireland, UK)
• mourn
• pine
• sigh
• sorrow
• wail
• wayment (obsolete)

Antonyms

• cheer up
• gladden    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• despair (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• feel    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:be sad (intransitive verb)
• Thesaurus:sad (adjective)
• Thesaurus:sadden (transitive verb: cause sadness)

Further reading

• “837. dejection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “lament” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.