lamenting

The word “lamenting” has 3 syllables: la-men-ting

It's pronounced as /ləˈmɛntɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for lamenting?

In the thesaurus, “lamenting” has 8 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lamenting

  • bemoaning
  • crying
  • mourning
  • regretting
  • sad
  • upset
  • wailing
  • weeping

Antonyms for lamenting

  • cheering
  • delighting
  • enjoying
  • grinning
  • laughing
  • relishing
  • savoring
  • smiling

Meanings of lamenting

  • verb
    1. To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
    2. To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
  • noun
    1. Lamentation.

Example Sentences

  • The widow sat alone in her room, lamenting the loss of her husband.
  • The singer's haunting voice filled the concert hall, lamenting the struggles of the human condition.
  • The poet penned verses lamenting the passage of time and the inevitability of change.
  • The refugees were heard lamenting their displacement and longing for their homeland.
  • As the storm raged outside, the old house creaked and groaned, lamenting its age and neglect.

On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lamenting, such as: bemoaning, cheering, crying, delighting, enjoying, grinning, laughing.

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Related Words

keening

  • aching
  • bawl
  • bawling
  • baying
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • bemoaning
  • bereavement
  • bewailing
  • bitching
  • blackness
  • bleating
  • blubber
  • blubbering
  • brokenhearted
  • carping
  • caterwauling
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • complaining
  • crabbing
  • croaking
  • crying
  • darkness
  • dejected
  • demonstrative
  • deploring
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • dirge
  • disconsolate
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • effusive
  • elegy
  • emotional
  • fretting
  • funereal
  • fussing
  • gloomy
  • grief
  • grieving
  • griping
  • grizzling
  • grouching
  • grousing
  • growling
  • grumbling
  • grumping
  • heartbroken
  • heartsick
  • heavyhearted
  • hollering
  • howl
  • howling
  • inconsolable
  • inveighing
  • jeremiad
  • keen
  • kicking
  • kicking up a fuss
  • kicking up a stink
  • kvetching
  • lachrymose
  • lament
  • lamentation
  • lamenting
  • languishing
  • lugubrious
  • maudlin
  • maundering
  • mawkish
  • miserable
  • misty
  • misty-eyed
  • moan
  • moaning
  • moist
  • mournful
  • mourning
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • nagging
  • pining
  • plaint
  • plaintive
  • protesting
  • quibbling
  • repining
  • requiem
  • sad
  • screaming
  • screeching
  • sentimental
  • shedding tears
  • shrieking
  • shrilling
  • sniffling
  • snivel
  • sniveling
  • snivelling
  • sob
  • sobbing
  • sorrow
  • sorrowful
  • sorrowing
  • squalling
  • squawking
  • squealing
  • stewing
  • tear
  • tearful
  • tears
  • teary
  • the blues
  • threnody
  • ululating
  • ululation
  • wail
  • wailing
  • weep
  • weeping
  • weepy
  • whimpering
  • whingeing
  • whinging
  • whining
  • woe
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • worrying
  • wretched
  • yammering
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yelling
  • yelping
  • yowl
  • yowling

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