1. Express grief verbally
   "we lamented the death of the child";
   - keen
    
2. Regret strongly
   "we lamented the loss of benefits";
   - deplore, bewail, bemoan

1. A cry of sorrow and grief
   "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward";
   - lamentation, plaint [literary], wail
    
2. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
   "The choir sang a solemn lament at the funeral";
   - dirge, coronach, requiem, threnody, threnode
    
3. A mournful poem; a lament for the dead
   "Tennyson's 'In Memoriam A.H.H.' is a famous lament for his friend";
   - elegy

Derived forms: lamented, lamenting, laments

Type of: complain, complaint, express emotion, express feelings, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], moan, plain [archaic], poem, song, sound off, verse form, vocal

Encyclopedia: Lament