1
as in mourning
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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2
as in regretting
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather
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Recent Examples of lamenting
Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Fans of the band had expressed their anger at the difficult process trying to secure tickets for the reunion tour, specifically lamenting that Ticketmaster was selling tickets at roughly twice the price of the original face value.
—Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Verb
During her Holy Fvck tour, the singer wrote a series of Instagram Stories posts lamenting the grind of the touring lifestyle.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Fans of the band had expressed their anger at the difficult process trying to secure tickets for the reunion tour, specifically lamenting that Ticketmaster was selling tickets at roughly twice the price of the original face value.
—Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamenting
Verb
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The Hip-Hop community has been mourning the loss of Rich Homie Quan ever since the unfortunate news came out in September.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Hollywood is mourning the loss of trailblazing actor John Amos.Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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Maybe not the question to ask a Canadian, but could sad smoke breaks bring America together today?Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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One of Jones’ most famous productions stands as his top-selling title in this sad moment, but it’s not credited to him as an artist.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The post-election dynamic is reminiscent of a famous gathering of tech titans at Trump Tower in December 2016, a month after Trump’s first upset win in a presidential race, when some of the same executives braced themselves for unpredictable policy shifts.David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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One major upset came when longtime House Speaker Scott Saiki lost to progressive Kim Coco Iwamoto, potentially signaling an ideological shift in Hawaii’s Democratic Party.Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Lamenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamenting. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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