lament

verb /ləˈment/
  1. lament something | lament that… | + speech to have or express very sad feelings about somebody/something // SYNONYM bemoan, bewail
    • In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside.
    • She sat alone weeping, lamenting her fate.
Origin: late Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’.

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