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Lament

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

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Broader term 7

Complain 76% connected

To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Complaint 76% connected

Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Kick 76% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plain 76% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Poem 76% connected

A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and…

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Song 76% connected

That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vocal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

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Narrower term 1

Keen 76% connected

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

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Derivationally related 2

Keen 74% connected

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Keen 74% connected

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

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Grieve 72% connected

Alt. of Greeve

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Sorrow 72% connected

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

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Synonym 12

Bemoan 92% connected

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bewail 92% connected

To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Coronach 92% connected

See Coranach.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deplore 92% connected

To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dirge 92% connected

A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Elegy 92% connected

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Keen 92% connected

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lamentation 92% connected

The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plaint 92% connected

Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Requiem 92% connected

A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Threnody 92% connected

A song of lamentation; a threnode.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wail 92% connected

To choose; to select.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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