Definition of lament

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Lament (v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like..

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Triadelphous :: Triadelphous (a.) Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. See Illust. under Adelphous.
Threadfin :: Threadfin (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.
Mourning :: Mourning (a.) Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
Lamentation :: Lamentation (n.) The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
Bewail :: Bewail (v. t.) To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over..
Dire :: Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Pentadelphous :: Pentadelphous (a.) Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden..
Oscillaria :: Oscillaria (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria..
Lamentable :: Lamentable (a.) Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation..
Wayment :: Wayment (v. i.) To lament; to grieve; to wail.
Filamentary :: Filamentary (a.) Having the character of, or formed by, a filament..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton..
Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..
Adelphous :: Adelphous (a.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous..
Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
Lamenting :: Lamenting (n.) Lamentation.
Thready :: Thready (a.) Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub..
Threnody :: Threnody (n.) A song of lamentation; a threnode.
Wailer :: Wailer (n.) One who wails or laments.
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