Synonyms for lamenting

Grammar : Adj

Spell : luh-ment

Phonetic Transcription : ləˈmɛnt

Définition of lamenting

Origin : mid-15c., back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter "to moan, bewail" (14c.) and directly from Latin lamentari, from lamentum (see lamentation). Related: Lamented; lamenting.

adj sobbing

Example sentences :

The Mikado is lamenting a sudden realisation that he is too old for his love.
Extract from : « The Garden of Bright Waters » by Various

Some were lamenting, and in restless motion; but, these were few.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

He was lamenting the difference of character between Virginia and New England.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

You remember I was lamenting that I hadn't got the necessary finery.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

I reminded a lady of this, who was lamenting the fact that in China some women are sold for wives.
Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous

I thought you were just now lamenting that I think too little.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

Having no children, she ought to have spent her days in fasting and praying and lamenting.
Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin

One evening Dick was lamenting that he could not go to the Old Bowery.
Extract from : « The Telegraph Boy » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

And while they were lamenting him, the beloved of Asgard, Odin came amongst them.
Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum

We were weeping together in prison and lamenting our affliction.
Extract from : « The Basket of Flowers » by Christoph von Schmid

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