LAMENTATION DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
lamentation n 1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) lamentation noun Date: 14th century an act or instance of lamenting Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary lamentation (lamentations) A lamentation is an expression of great sorrow. (FORMAL) It was a time for mourning and lamentation. ...special prayers and lamentations. N-VAR Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Lamentation \Lam`en*ta"tion\, n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.] 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. --Matt. ii. 18. 2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia LAMENTATION lam-en-ta'-shun. See BURIAL, III, 2; IV, 4, 5, 6. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Lamentation (Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16). Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms lamentation n. Wailing, moaning, moan, plaint, complaint, lament, ululation, hubbubboo. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) lamentation ˌlæmenˈteɪʃən n. mourning, grieving, moaning, weeping, wailing, crying, sobbing, lamenting: The lamentation went on far into the night. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 49 Moby Thesaurus words for "lamentation": agony, anguish, bitterness, bleakness, care, carking care, cheerlessness, comfortlessness, crying, depression, discomfort, dismalness, distress, distressfulness, dreariness, grief, grieving, grievousness, heartfelt grief, heartgrief, joylessness, lamentability, lamenting, languishment, misery, moaning, mournfulness, mourning, pain, painfulness, pathos, pining, pitiability, pitiableness, pitifulness, poignancy, prostration, regrettableness, sadness, sharpness, sobbing, sorrow, sorrowfulness, sorrowing, wailing, weeping, woe, woebegoneness, woefulness |
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