lament
verb (used with object)
to feel or express sorrow or regret for.
lamenter
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a word derived from
lament.
Example Sentences
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A natural ecstatic, he was also a chronic depressive: not a passive shut-down case, but a lamenter and yearner.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2010
This winsome adaptation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn celebrated the frontier in music and lyrics by Roger Miller, a wistful lamenter of the lost open road.
From Time Magazine Archive
L. also has no expression for "mak gude watch," but reads, "Si avis evaserit e cavea autsine compare, velut turtur, ego remanebo sola ut lamenter absentiam tuam quamlibet brevem."
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
The heart of the poet, the singer, is now filled with woe; he departs and leaves behind him only the lamenter, the reproacher, the rebel.
From Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy by Ivan Panin
I am extreme annoyed and fluttered, yet would not be a vain lamenter neither.
From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck
