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laments
We have found lemma(root) word of laments : lament.
Definitions
[ləˈmɛnt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
(e.g: his mother's night-long laments for his father)
- a complaint
(e.g: there were constant laments about the conditions of employment)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’
[ləˈmɛnt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- express passionate grief about
(e.g: he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter)
- express regret or disappointment about something
(e.g: she lamented the lack of shops in the town)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’
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