資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lament \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 \La*ment"ing\, n.
   Lamentation.

         Lamentings heard i' the air.             --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

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}]