lament

déplorer, pleurer

Exprimer une grande tristesse ou un profond regret à propos de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To express deep sadness or regret about something.

• He lamented his friend's death.
• They lament the lack of affordable housing.
• She lamented that she had never learned to swim.

Comment l'utiliser : lament something (The residents lamented the loss of their local library.); lament that… (She lamented that the old trees had been cut down.)

Synonymes : mourn, bemoan, bewail

Contraires : celebrate, rejoice

Expressions courantes : lament a loss, lament the lack, lament someone's death

lamentation, plainte

Paroles, chant ou cri qui expriment une profonde tristesse ou un grand regret.

En anglais simple : Words, a song, or a cry expressing deep sadness or regret.

• We heard her quiet lament.
• The song is a lament for the dead.
• Their laments filled the empty church.

Comment l'utiliser : lament for someone/something (The poem is a lament for his lost homeland.)

Synonymes : lamentation, cry, dirge

Expressions courantes : a sorrowful lament, lament for someone, a mother's lament