lament

n. புலம்பல், ஒப்பாரி, இரங்கற்பா, கையறுநிலைப்பாடல், (வினை) புலம்பு, அழு, நொந்து அரற்று, கழிந்ததற் கிரங்கு, வருந்து, இறந்தவருக்காகத் துயர்கொண்டாடு.

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La*ment", v. i. Etym: [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] Defn: To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20. La*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting.] Defn: To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden. Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore. La*ment", n. Etym: [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton. 2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.