Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lamenting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Lamenting}.]
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden.
Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamenting \La*ment"ing\, n.
Lamentation.
Lamentings heard i' the air. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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