WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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bemoan, bewail, coronach, deplore, dirge, elegy, keen, lament, lamentation, plaint, requiem, threnody, wail,
1. NOUN. (lament)
a mournful poem
a lament for the dead
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2. NOUN. (lament)
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
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song,
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keen,
3. NOUN. (lament)
a cry of sorrow and grief
"their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
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4. VERB. (lament)
regret strongly
"I deplore this hostile action"
"we lamented the loss of benefits"
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5. VERB. (lament)
express grief verbally
"we lamented the death of the child"
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keen, elegy, lament, dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody, lament, lamentation, plaint, wail, lament, lamentation, plaint, wail, lamentation, mourning, mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter,
