| Concept: | [Expression of pain.] Lamentation. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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-verbs
lament, mourn, deplore, grieve, weep over; bewail, bemoan; condole with; fret (suffer); wear mourning, go into mourning, put on mourning; wear the willow, wear sackcloth and ashes; infandum renovare dolorem [Vergil] (regret) [more]; give sorrow words., sigh; give a sigh, heave, fetch a sigh; "waft a sigh from Indus to the pole" [Pope]; sigh "like a furnace" [As you Like It]; wail., cry, weep, sob, greet, blubber, pipe, snivel, bibber, whimper, pule; pipe one's eye; drop tears, shed tears, drow a tear, shed a tear; melt into tears, burst into tears; fondre en larmes; cry oneself blind, cry one's eyes out; yammer., scream (cry out); mew (animal sounds); groan, moan, whine; roar; roar like a bull, bellow like a bull; cry out lustily, rend the air., frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief., complain, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder; deprecate (disapprove)., cry out before one is hurt, complain without cause.
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| Antonyms: | rejoicing |
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| Main Entry: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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contrite, homesick, lamentable, languorous, much to be regretted, oikotropic, regretful, regrettable, regretted, regretting
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| Concept: | Cry. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
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-verbs
cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup., cheer; hoot; grumble, moan, groan., snore, snort; grunt (animal sounds)., vociferate; raise up the voice, lift up the voice; call out, sing out, cry out; exclaim; rend the air; thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath; s'gosiller; strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs; give a cry.
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| Concept: | Regret. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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-verbs
regret, deplore; bewail (lament); repine, cast a longing lingering look behind; rue, rue the day; repent; infandum renovare dolorem., prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind; leave an aching void.
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