Lamentation
21lamentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of mourning Nouns 1. lamentation, lament, wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, growl, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, cry, outcry, scream, howl. Slang, gripe, beef, bellyaching.… …
22lamentation — lam|en|ta|tion [ˌlæmənˈteıʃən] n [U and C] formal deep sadness or something that expresses it ▪ There was lamentation throughout the land at news of the defeat …
23Lamentation — La|men|ta|ti|on die; , en <wohl über fr. lamentation aus lat. lamentatio »das Wehklagen«, dies zu lamentari, vgl. ↑lamentieren>: 1. das Jammern, Wehklagen. 2. (nur Plur.) a) Klagelieder Jeremias im Alten Testament; b) …
24lamentation — noun (C, U) formal deep sadness or something that expresses it: There was lamentation throughout the land at the news of the defeat …
25lamentation — noun the survivors lamentation Syn: weeping, wailing, crying, sobbing, moaning, lament, keening, grieving, mourning …
26lamentation — lament [v] to mourn or grieve deeply bawl, beat one’s breast*, bemoan, bewail, bleed, cry, deplore, eat one’s heart out*, howl, hurt, kick self*, moan, rain, regret, repine, rue, sing, sob, sorrow, take it hard*, wail, weep; concepts 52,54 Ant.… …
27lamentation — Faire lamentation et dueil de quelque trespassé, Complorare …
28lamentation — lament ► NOUN 1) a passionate expression of grief. 2) a song, piece of music, or poem expressing grief or regret. ► VERB 1) mourn (a person s death). 2) (lamented or late lamented) a conventional way of referring to a dead person. 3) …
29lamentation — n. 1 the act or an instance of lamenting. 2 a lament. Phrases and idioms: Lamentations of Jeremiah an Old Testament book concerning the destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th c. BC. Etymology: ME f. OF lamentation or L lamentatio (as LAMENT) …
30Lamentation of Christ — Lamentation by Giotto di Bondone in the Scrovegni Chapel The Lamentation of Christ[1] is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroq …
