lament

US: /ɫəˈmɛnt/
UK: /lɐmˈɛnt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


lament /lə'ment/
  • danh từ
    • lời than van, lời rên rỉ
    • bài ca ai oán, bài ca bi thảm
    • ngoại động từ
      • thương xót, xót xa, than khóc
      • nội động từ
        • than van, rên rỉ, than khóc, kêu than

      Advanced English dictionary


      verb, noun
      + verb (formal) to feel or express great sadness or disappointment about sb/sth: [VN] In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside. + She sat alone weeping, lamenting her fate. [also V that, V speech]
      + noun (formal) a song, poem or other expression of great sadness for sb who has died or for sth that has ended: a nostalgic lament for lost love

      Thesaurus dictionary


      v.
      1 mourn, bemoan, bewail, wail, weep (over), grieve (for or over), keen (over), sorrow (for or over):
      A year later, and she is still lamenting the death of her hamster?!
      n.
      2 lamentation, moaning, mourning; keen, dirge, elegy, knell, Requiem, monody, threnody, thanatopsis, epicedium, Scots and Irish coronach:
      Laments for Kitty's late husband were heard throughout the village.

      Concise English dictionary


      laments|lamented|lamentinglə'ment
      noun
      +a cry of sorrow and grief
      +a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
      +a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
      verb
      +express grief verbally
      +regret strongly