Lamentation definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary LAMENTA'TION, n. [L. lamentatio ... act of bewailing. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. Matthew 2. 2. In the plural, a book ... pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 14th century an act ... Jerusalem in the 6th c. BC. Etymology: ME f. OF lamentation or L lamentatio (as LAMENT) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Lamentation Lam`en*ta"tion, n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.] ...
Threnody definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary THREN'ODY, n. [Gr. lamentation, and ode.] A song of lamentation. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a song or ... sing — more at drone, ode Date: 1634 a song of lamentation for the dead ; elegy Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also threnode) (pl. -ies or threnodes) 1 a lamentation, esp. on a person's death. 2 a song of lamentation. Derivatives: threnodial adj. threnodic adj. threnodist n. Etymology: Gk threnoidia ... dirge + ? a song. See Threne, and Ode.] A song of lamentation; a threnode. --Sir T. Herbert. Soule's Dictionary of ...
... root disused, whence, a stroke; L. plaga, Eng. plague.] 1. Lamentation; complaint; audible expression of sorrow. From inward grief His bursting ... pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English, from ... curse, Greek pl?ssein to strike Date: 13th century 1. lamentation, wail 2. protest, complaint Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 Brit ... accusation; a charge. 2 literary or archaic a complaint; a lamentation. Etymology: ME f. OF plainte fem. past part. of plaindre ... lament. Cf. Complain, Plague, Plangent.] 1. Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament. --Chaucer.``The Psalmist ... N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Lamentation, lament, moan, wail, cry, complaint. 2. Complaint. Moby Thesaurus ...
... L. lamentum.] Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. [This ... pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] 2: a song or hymn of mourning composed ... v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament ... for. 2. Regret, deplore. III. n. 1. Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint, complaint. 2. Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song ... grieve, grieve for, grieve over, groan, howl, jeremiad, keen, knell, lamentation, moan, moaning, monody, mourn, mourning, murmur, mutter, outcry, pain, plaint ...
... wail and howl. Micah 1. WAIL, n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a cry of ... pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in ... 15th century 1. the act or practice of wailing ; loud lamentation 2. a. a usually prolonged cry or sound expressing grief ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wail Wail, n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. ``The wail of the forest.'' --Longfellow. Collin's Cobuild ... II. v. n. Moan, lament, cry, weep. III. n. Moan, lamentation, complaint, plaint, lament, wailing, cry, loud weeping. Moby Thesaurus bark ...
... sorrow. MOURNING, n. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. 1. The dress or customary habit worn by mourners ... 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 13th century 1. the ... AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. 2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp ... BURIAL; GRIEF. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Lamentation, sorrow, grief. 2. Weeds, symbol of sorrow. Moby Thesaurus anguish ... despair, despondency, grief, grieving, heartache, howling, in mourning, keening, lament, lamentation, lamenting, loss, melancholy, misery, moaning, mourning band, sackcloth, sackcloth and ...
... s 1828 Dictionary WEEPING, ppr. Lamenting; shedding tears. WEEPING, n. Lamentation. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: showing sorrow [syn ... Weeping Weep"ing, n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Weeping ... trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. 4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. Weeping cross, a cross erected on ... n. Weeping.] [OE. wepen, AS. w?pan, from w?p lamentation; akin to OFries. w?pa to lament, OS. w?p lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. ?p a shouting, crying, OS. w?pian ...
... make lamentations. Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. MOAN, n. Lamentation; audible expression of sorrow; grief expressed in words or cried ... mone, from Old English *m?n Date: 13th century 1. lamentation, complaint 2. a low prolonged sound of pain or of ... weep for, grieve for. II. v. n. Grieve, mourn, make lamentation. Moby Thesaurus bawl, beef, bemoan, bewail, bitch, complain, complaint, cry ... gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, howl, jeremiad, keen, knell, lament, lamentation, make an outcry, mewl, moaning, mourn, murmur, mutter, outcry, pipe ...
... n. 1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; a finding fault. Even to day is my complaint ... Complain.] 1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding. I poured out my complaint before ... information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity. Syn: Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness; disorder; malady; ailment. Collin's ... COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Murmur, lamentation, plaint, lament, wail. 2. Malady, disease, ailment, ail, illness, indisposition ...
... song; a poem or a song expressive of sorrow and lamentation. 2. A short poem without points or affected elegancies. WordNet ... couplets 2. a. a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead b. something (as a ... mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. --Shak. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (elegies) An elegy is a ...
... Jérémie Jeremiah, from Late Latin Jeremias Date: 1780 a prolonged lamentation or complaint; also a cautionary or angry harangue Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a doleful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes. Etymology: F jérémiade f. Jérémie Jeremiah ... I. n. ; (also jeremiad) [Term of ridicule.] Tale of sorrow, lamentation, lament, doleful story. II. n. See jeremiad
... 2. A loud or vehement sound, uttered in weeping, or lamentation; it may be a shriek or scream. And there shall ... accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation. There shall be a great cry throughout all the land ... III. n. 1. Exclamation, ejaculation, outcry, acclamation. 2. Plaint, lament, lamentation, crying, weeping. 3. Scream, shriek, screech, howl, yell, roar, bawl ...
... with audible cries. WAILING, n. Loud cries of sorrow; deep lamentation. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13 ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Moaning, howling, wail, loud lamentation, audible expression of sorrow. Moby Thesaurus acute, argute, bawling, bemoaning ... creaky, crying, ear-piercing, grieving, howling, in mourning, keen, keening, lamentation, lamenting, lowing, moaning, mourning, mugient, penetrating, piercing, piping, puling, reedy ...