1a passionate expression of grief or sorrow:his mother’s night-long laments for his father [mass noun]:a song full of lament and sorrow
a song, piece of music, or poem expressing grief or sorrow:the piper played a lament
2a complaint:there were constant laments about the conditions of employment
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1 [with object] express passionate grief about:he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter [no object]:the women wept and lamented over him
2 [reporting verb] express regret or disappointment about something: [with object]:she lamented the lack of shops in the town [with direct speech]:‘We could have won,’ lamented the England captain
