lament
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/icons/point.icon DEPLORE, LAMENT, BEWAIL, BEMOAN mean to express grief or sorrow for something. DEPLORE implies regret for the loss or impairment of something of value. e.g. deplores the breakdown in family values
e.g. lamenting the loss of their only child
BEWAIL and BEMOAN imply sorrow, disappointment, or protest finding outlet in words or cries, BEWAIL commonly suggesting loudness, and BEMOAN lugubriousness. e.g. fans bewailed the defeat
e.g. purists bemoaning the corruption of the language
noun
«…についての/…という» 嘆き; 後悔; 失望 «for, over/that節» .
e.g. his mother's night-long laments for his father
e.g. a song full of lament and sorrow.
«…に対する» 哀悼の歌[言葉]; 挽歌 «for» .
e.g. there were constant laments about the conditions of employment.
verb with object
…を嘆き悲しむ; …を残念がる; …を後悔する; …に失望する; 〖~(the fact) that節/doing〗 …ということ[…したこと]を嘆く; ⦅書⦆ 〖直接話法〗…と嘆いて言う
e.g. he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter.
«…のことを» 嘆き悲しむ(grieve) «over, for, about» ; 泣き叫ぶ
e.g. with object : she lamented the lack of shops in the town
e.g. with direct speech : Thomas Jefferson later lamented, “Heaven remained silent.”.
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