lamentation

The word “lamentation” has 4 syllables: la-men-ta-tion

It's pronounced as /ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for lamentation?

In the thesaurus, “lamentation” has 79 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for lamentation along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for lamentation

  • adversity
  • agony
  • anguish
  • annoyance
  • anxiety
  • apology
  • bereavement
  • bitterness
  • blast
  • boredom
  • burden
  • buzz
  • cacophony
  • calamity
  • catastrophe
  • clamor
  • commotion
  • complaint
  • concern
  • contrition
  • crash
  • cry
  • despair
  • disappointment
  • disapproval
  • disaster
  • discomfort
  • discontent
  • dismay
  • displeasure
  • disquiet
  • dissatisfaction
  • distaste
  • exasperation
  • explosion
  • frustration
  • gloom
  • grief
  • gripe
  • groan
  • hardship
  • headache
  • heartache
  • heartbreak
  • howl
  • irritation
  • lament
  • melancholy
  • misery
  • misfortune
  • misgiving
  • mourning
  • nostalgia
  • pain
  • plaint
  • qualm
  • regret
  • remorse
  • repentance
  • resentment
  • roar
  • sadness
  • sigh
  • sob
  • sobbing
  • sorrow
  • tears
  • tragedy
  • trouble
  • turbulence
  • uneasiness
  • unhappiness
  • wail
  • wailing
  • weariness
  • weeping
  • whine
  • woe
  • worry

Antonyms for lamentation

Meanings of lamentation

  • noun
    1. The act of lamenting.
    2. A sorrowful cry; a lament.
    3. Specifically, mourning.
    4. Lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge.
    5. A group of swans.

Example Sentences

  • The funeral was filled with lamentation as friends and family mourned the loss of their loved one.
  • The poet's verses echoed with lamentation for the tragedies of war and the suffering of humanity.
  • Lamentation could be heard throughout the village as news of the devastating flood spread.
  • The ancient text is a powerful lamentation of the fall of a great civilization.
  • In the face of injustice, the protestors' chants were a collective lamentation for a better world.

On this page you'll find 125 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lamentation, such as: advantage, adversity, agony, aid, anguish, annoyance, anxiety.

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keening

  • aching
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  • baying
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • bemoaning
  • bereavement
  • bewailing
  • bitching
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  • brokenhearted
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  • complaining
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  • darkness
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  • dirge
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  • lament
  • lamentation
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  • maundering
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  • moan
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  • ululating
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  • wail
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  • whingeing
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  • woe
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  • woeful
  • worrying
  • wretched
  • yammering
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yelling
  • yelping
  • yowl
  • yowling

keens

  • anguishes
  • bawls
  • bays
  • beefs
  • bellyaches
  • bemoans
  • bewails
  • bitches
  • bleats
  • blubbers
  • carps
  • caterwauls
  • cavils
  • complains
  • complaints
  • crabs
  • cries
  • cris de coeur
  • croaks
  • deplores
  • dolors
  • frets
  • fusses
  • griefs
  • gripes
  • grizzles
  • groans
  • grouches
  • grouses
  • growls
  • grumbles
  • grumps
  • hand-wringings
  • heartaches
  • heartbreaks
  • hollers
  • howls
  • inveighs
  • kicks
  • kicks up a fuss
  • kicks up a stink
  • kvetches
  • lamentations
  • laments
  • maunders
  • moans
  • mournings
  • murmurs
  • mutters
  • nags
  • outcries
  • plaints
  • protests
  • quibbles
  • regrets
  • repines
  • screams
  • screeches
  • shrieks
  • shrills
  • sobs
  • sorrows
  • squalls
  • squawks
  • squeals
  • stews
  • sufferings
  • tears
  • ululates
  • wails
  • whimpers
  • whines
  • whinges
  • woes
  • worries
  • yammers
  • yaups
  • yawps
  • yells
  • yelps
  • yowls

lament

  • bemoan
  • complaint
  • cry
  • deplore
  • dirge
  • elegy
  • grievance
  • groan
  • howl
  • keen
  • lamentation
  • moan
  • mourn
  • mourning
  • regret
  • requiem
  • taps
  • tears
  • wail
  • weeping
  • whine

laments

  • bemoan
  • complaints
  • cries
  • deplore
  • dirges
  • elegies
  • grievances
  • groans
  • howls
  • lamentations
  • moans
  • mournings
  • mourns
  • plaints
  • regret
  • regrets
  • taps
  • tears
  • wails
  • whines

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