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| Main Entry: | lament |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to mourn or grieve deeply |
| Synonyms: | bawl, beat one's breast, bemoan, bewail, bleed, cry, deplore, eat one's heart out, howl, hurt, kick self, moan, rain, regret, repine, rue, sing, sob, sorrow, take it hard, wail, weep |
| Notes: | bemoan is motivated when pity or grief is over an event that is joined to a consequence, whereas lament is motivated when the grief is over the event itself |
| Antonyms: | celebrate, compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | lament/lamentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grief, complaint |
| Synonyms: | complaining, dirge, elegy, keen, lament, moan, mourning, requiem, sob, sorrow, threnody, wail, weeping, grieving, jeremiad, keening, moaning, plaint, sobbing, tears, ululation, wailing |
| Antonyms: | celebration, enjoyment, praise |
| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, squirm, strain, strive, struggle, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, sing the blues, stew over, take it badly |
| Antonyms: | not worry |
| Main Entry: | bemoan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express sorrow |
| Synonyms: | beat one's breast, bewail, complain, cry over spilled milk, deplore, grieve for, lament, moan over, mourn, regret, rue, sing the blues, weep for |
| Antonyms: | be happy, gloat |
| Main Entry: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agonize over |
| Synonyms: | be in brown study, bleed, chafe inwardly, consider, daydream, deliberate, despond, dream, dwell upon, eat one's heart out, fret, gloom, grieve, lament, languish, meditate, mope, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, repine, ruminate, sigh, speculate, stew over, sulk, sweat out*, sweat over, think about, think upon, worry |
| Antonyms: | not worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clamor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud cry; commotion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, babel, blare, brouhaha*, bustle, buzz, complaint, convulsion, din, discord, exclamation, ferment, hassle, hoo-ha*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly*, lament, noise, outcry, pandemonium, racket, remonstrance, row, ruckus, shout, shouting, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, clinker, hubba-hubba, protesting, vociferation |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble about |
| Synonyms: | accuse, ascribe, attack, beef*, bellyache*, bemoan, bewail, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, lament, lay, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, wail, whimper, whine, yammer, bitch, find fault, kick up a fuss, look askance, make a fuss, sound off, take exception to |
| Antonyms: | applaud, approve, commend, praise, recommend, sanction, be content, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complaint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of disagreement, discontent |
| Synonyms: | accusation, annoyance, beef*, cavil, charge, clamor, criticism, dissatisfaction, fault-finding, grievance, gripe, grouse, grumble, guff*, kick, lament, moan, objection, protest, rap, remonstrance, representation, reproach, rumble*, squawk, stink, trouble, wail, whine, CC, expostulation, jeremiad, plaint, protestation, remonstration |
| Antonyms: | applause, approval, commendation, happiness, praise, recommendation, sanction, contentedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weeping and making sad sounds |
| Synonyms: | bawl, blubber, howl, lament, mourning, snivel, sob, weep, yowl, bawling, bewailing, blubbering, howling, keening, lamentation, shedding tears, snivelling, sobbing, sorrowing, tears, the blues, wailing, whimpering |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weep and make sad sounds |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bemoan, bewail, blubber, caterwaul, choke up, complain, crack up*, deplore, fret, grieve, groan, howl, keen, lament, moan, mourn, regret, sigh, sniff, snivel, sob, sorrow, squall, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yammer, yowl, blub, boohoo*, break down, burst into tears, dissolve in tears, let go, let it all out, mewl, put on the weeps, ring the blues, shed bitter tears, shed tears, turn on waterworks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deplore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regret; condemn |
| Synonyms: | abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat one's heart out, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues, sorrow over, take on, weep |
| Antonyms: | approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel |
| Main Entry: | dirge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sad song |
| Synonyms: | chant, cry, death march, elegy, hymn, keen, lament, march, requiem, threnody, coronach, death song, funeral song, jeremiad, monody |
| Main Entry: | elegy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirge |
| Synonyms: | knell, lament, requiem, threnody, death song, funeral song, plaint |
| Main Entry: | grieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mourn, feel deep distress |
| Synonyms: | ache, bear, bemoan, bewail, carry on, complain, cry, cry a river, deplore, eat one's heart out, endure, hang crepe, keen, lament, regret, rue, sing the blues, sorrow, suffer, take it hard, wail, weep |
| Antonyms: | be glad, be happy |
| Main Entry: | groan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moan, complain |
| Synonyms: | bemoan, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, mumble, murmur, object, sigh, whine |
| Main Entry: | howl |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | long, painful cry |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blubber, clamor, groan, growl, hoot, keen, lament, moan, outcry, quest, roar, scream, shout, shriek, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yelp, yowl, ululate, yip |
| Main Entry: | moan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | groan, complaint |
| Synonyms: | beef, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, lament, sigh, sob, wail, whine, lamentation, plaint |
| Main Entry: | moan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | groan, complain |
| Synonyms: | bemoan, bewail, carp, deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, mourn, sigh, sob, wail, whine |
| Main Entry: | mope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pout, be dejected |
| Synonyms: | ache, be apathetic, be down in the mouth, be gloomy, be in a funk, bleed*, brood, chafe, despair, despond, droop, eat one's heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, lose heart, moon, pine, pine away, regret, repine, sink, stew over, sulk, sweat over, waste time*, wear a long face, yearn |
| Antonyms: | be elated, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mourn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be sad over loss |
| Synonyms: | ache, agonize, anguish, bemoan, bewail, bleed, blubber, carry on, complain, cry, deplore, fret, grieve, hurt, keen, lament, languish, miss, moan, pine, regret, repine, rue, sigh, sob, sorrow, suffer, wail, weep, yearn, be brokenhearted, be sad, long for, take it hard, wear black, wring hands |
| Antonyms: | be happy, be joyful |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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