Lament
Lament , intransitive verb
[French lamenter, Latin lamentari, from lamentum a lament.]
To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.
Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
Lament , transitive verb
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.
Lament , noun
[Latin lamentum. Compare Lament, v.]
1.
Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
2.
An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.