lamentations

NOUN

grief, complaint

Synonyms

WEAK

complaining dirge elegy grieving jeremiad keen keening lament moan moaning mourning plaint requiem sob sobbing sorrow tears threnody ululation wail wailing weeping

Antonyms

WEAK

celebration enjoyment praise

Example Sentences

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The Book of Lamentations contains a plea that God should “renew our days as of old.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

He put all of his effort into his music, resulting in 2016’s Lamentations, an EP of intimate soul hymnals constructed round lightly fingered riffs.

From The Guardian • Feb. 29, 2020

Lamentations for the Oscar-less are as much a part of the awards season as whisper campaigns, DVD screeners and the overuse of the word “snub.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2018

The symphony ends with a sternly anguished setting for mezzo-soprano of a Hebrew text from the Book of Lamentations.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2017

Lamentations A pathetic ode, expressing Jeremiah's grief over the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, and the miseries of slavery and famine.

From Training the Teacher by Schauffler, A. F.