Lament vs. Beweep

Lamentnoun

An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.

Beweepverb

(transitive) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.

Lamentnoun

A song expressing grief.

Beweepverb

(intransitive) To weep.

Lamentverb

(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Beweepverb

To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears.

Lamentverb

(transitive) To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.

Beweepverb

To weep.

Lamentverb

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

‘Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.’; ‘Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.’;

Lamentverb

To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

‘One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.’;

Lamentnoun

Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

‘Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.’;

Lamentnoun

An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

Lamentnoun

a cry of sorrow and grief;

‘their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward’;

Lamentnoun

a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

Lamentnoun

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

Lamentverb

express grief verbally;

‘we lamented the death of the child’;

Lamentverb

regret strongly;

‘I deplore this hostile action’; ‘we lamented the loss of benefits’;

Lament

A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning.