lamentation

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Act of mourning

Nouns

1. lamentation, lament, wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, growl, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, cry, outcry, scream, howl. Slang, gripe, beef, bellyaching. See dejection.

2. (signs of mourning) tears, weeping, lachrymation, languishment; condolence (see pity).

3. (mourning clothing) mourning weeds, crepe, sackcloth and ashes; knell, dirge, coronach, keen, requiem, elegy, monody, threnody, jeremiad.

4. lamenter, mourner; grumbler; Niobe, Jeremiah, Rachel.

Verbs

1. lament, mourn, deplore, grieve, weep over, bewail; regret (see penitence); condole with, commiserate; fret, wear mourning, wear sackcloth and ashes.

2. sigh, heave a sigh; wail, bawl, cry, weep, sob, greet (archaic), blubber, snivel, whimper, pule, shed tears; burst into tears, cry one's eyes out; scream, mew, growl, groan, grunt, moan, roar, bellow; frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast.

3. complain, murmur, mutter, whine, grumble, clamor, make a fuss about.

Slang, gripe, bellyache, kvetch, pitch a bitch. See discontent.

Adjectives — lamenting, in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes, sorrowful, sorrowing, unhappy, mournful, tearful, lachrymose, plaintive, querulous, in tears, with tears in one's eyes; elegiac[al].

Interjections — alas! alack! O dear! too bad! sorry! woe is me! alas the day! alackaday! waly waly! what a pity! O tempora, O mores!

Quotations — Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted (Bible), One woe doth tread upon another's heel, so fast they follow (Shakespeare).

Antonyms, see celebration, rejoicing.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Mourning]

Syn. weeping, complaining, sobbing; see mourning 1 .

2. [A cry]

Syn. lament, wail, sob; see cry 3 , tears .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

lament, grieving, mourning, wailing, weeping, crying, sobbing, moaning, commiseration, plaint, dirge.