Adjective lamenting has 1 sense
  1. lamenting, wailing, wailful - vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare
    Antonym: joyful (indirect, via sorrowful)
,Verb lament has 2 senses
  1. lament, keen - express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
    --1 is one way to express emotion, express feelings
    Derived forms: noun lament3, noun lament2, noun lament1, noun lamentation1, noun lamentation2, noun lamenter1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan - regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
    --2 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
    Derived form: noun lamenter1
    Sample sentence:
    They lament that there was a traffic accident
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