lamented
mourned for, as a person who is dead: Our late lamented friend.
Origin of lamented
1Other words from lamented
- la·ment·ed·ly, adverb
- qua·si-la·ment·ed, adjective
- un·la·ment·ed, adjective
Words Nearby lamented
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How to use lamented in a sentence
“I´m now writing to you from goat heaven,” he lamented on the blog he maintains.
When Rizzoli bookshop closed this past year on 57th Street many people lamented its loss.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe lamented that, “American politics has often been an arena for angry minds.”
Why the FBI’s Suicide Note to MLK Still Matters | Nick Gillespie | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSaban also lamented the fact that Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post.
Would Pro-Israel Billionaires Adelson and Saban Really Buy the NYT? | Eli Lake | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“He came out [to Colorado] and played in the primary,” Tancredo lamented.
The ‘Stop Chris Christie’ Movement Begins. Good Luck With That. | Olivia Nuzzi | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He distinguished himself under Napoleon, by whom he was greatly lamented.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIn memory of the late lamented general the present five-peso bank notes bear his vignette.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanIn view of approaching death, she often lamented that she could not see her daughter well married before she left the world.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottSo they talked and lamented when they saw a peasant woman approach who carried a basket of fruit.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceMalicious persons in the town even declared that the lamented Torvestad had got his wife in a lottery at Christiansfeldt.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
British Dictionary definitions for lamented
/ (ləˈmɛntɪd) /
grieved for or regretted (often in the phrase late lamented): our late lamented employer
Derived forms of lamented
- lamentedly, adverb
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