Lament

la-ment′, v.i. to utter grief in outcries: to wail: to mourn.— v.t. to mourn for: to deplore.— n. sorrow expre ed in cries: an elegy or mournful ballad.— adj. Lam′entable , deserving or expre ing sorrow: sad: pitiful, despicable.— adv. Lam′entably .— n. Lamentā′tion , act of lamenting: audible expre ion of grief: wailing: ( pl. , B. ) a book of Jeremiah.— p.adj. Lament′ed , bewailed: mourned.— adv. Lament′ingly , with lamentation. [Fr. lamenter —L. lamentāri .]