Thesaurus / laments
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synonyms for laments
- bemoan
- deplore
- regret
- moan
- bewail
- sob
- rue
- wail
- sorrow
- cry
- bawl
- hurt
- repine
- rain
- sing
- weep
- bleed
- howl
- kick self
- take it hard
- beat one's breast
- eat one's heart out
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And then while the mother laments, preparations are made to follow the maiden to the shrines out yonder by the sea.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNERThey listen, half-heeding, to the protests and laments; they could not help it, they explain—the music took hold of them.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRIf, on the contrary, he is employed in mean labours, he evidently grieves and laments his being thus debased.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VII (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFON"Mr. G.," he murmurs, "would not have done that," and laments a vanished subtlety even while Mr. Evesham is speaking.
THE NEW MACHIAVELLIHERBERT GEORGE WELLSThe time passed so quickly that loud laments were heard when the mother announced that it was time for Leonore to retire.
MAEZLIJOHANNA SPYRILooks of reproach would flash across her eyelids just as soon as they were closed, complaints and laments pierced her ears.
THE REIGN OF GREEDJOSE RIZALMopsus laments his death; Menalcas proclaims his divinity; the whole eclogue consisting of an elegy and an apotheosis.
DRYDEN'S WORKS (13 OF 18): TRANSLATIONS; PASTORALSJOHN DRYDENTalking of the state of the nation, which he continually laments, he mentioned an anecdote of the former war.
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID HUME, VOLUME II (OF 2)JOHN HILL BURTONThe treacherous will looks abashed on the calm of his slumber, and laments, "The thing that I would I do not!"
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 14, NO. 86, DECEMBER, 1864VARIOUSBentham laments that his disciple has 'stretched out the right hand of fellowship to jobbers of all sorts.'
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME I.LESLIE STEPHEN