La·ment·ing n. Lamentation.
Lamentings heard i' the air. --Shak.
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La·ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden.
Syn: -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.
lamenting
adj : vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners";
"the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her
desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: wailing,
wailful]