lament
/ləˈmɛnt/ noun C2- An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
- A song expressing grief.
Plural laments
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“God forgive me,” said the young man, “for rejoicing at happiness derived from the misery of others, but, Heaven knows, I did not seek this good fortune; it has happened, and I really cannot pretend to lament it.
Yielding up her last breath, she gasped forth this lament: “O wretched creature that I am!
When he finished, he was so full that he was not able to get out, and began to groan and lament his fate.
A wild-boar Hunter, seeing her distress, stood at a distance and said to her, “Think how many men there are who have reason to lament the loss of their children, whose deaths have been caused by you.”
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