lamented

American  

[luh-men-tid] / ləˈmɛn tɪd /

adjective

1. mourned for, as a person who is dead.

   Our late lamented friend.

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lamented British  

/ ləˈmɛntɪd /

adjective

1. grieved for or regretted (often in the phrase late lamented )

   our late lamented employer

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Other Word Forms

• lamentedly adverb
• quasi-lamented adjective
• unlamented adjective

Etymology

Origin of lamented

First recorded in 1605–15; lament + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He lauded the strong third-quarter growth report, then lamented that markets often sell off on good news in anticipation of the Fed raising interest rates to avoid inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal

An email chain among federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York lamented the disorganized documents shared by the FBI.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's like changing the rules in the middle of a game," Ameh lamented.

From Barron's

On the eve of the Civil War, the Columbian Register lamented the growing likelihood of “the stars of our political firmament” being “torn from their orbits, and plunging madly about, or tilting one the other.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m all the way in Florida and have never been anywhere near SoCal and even I know how legendary that venue is. RIP to a real one,” lamented another.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bemoan
• deplore
• regret