Lamenting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Lamenting}.]
     To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
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           One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden.


  
     Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lamenting \La*ment"ing\, n.
     Lamentation.
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           Lamentings heard i' the air.             --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lamenting
       adj : vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
             expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners";
             "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her
             desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: {wailing},
              {wailful}]