'Lamentation' definitions:
Definition of 'lamentation'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Lamentation'
From: GCIDE
- Lamentation \Lam`en*ta"tion\, n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.]
- 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. [1913 Webster]
- In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. --Matt. ii. 18. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lamentation'
From: Easton
- Lamentation (Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16).
Synonyms of 'lamentation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agony,
- anguish,
- bitterness,
- bleakness,
- care,
- carking care,
- cheerlessness,
- comfortlessness,
- crying,
- depression,
- discomfort,
- dismalness,
- distress,
- distressfulness,
- dreariness,
- grief,
- grieving,
- grievousness,
- heartfelt grief,
- heartgrief,
- joylessness,
- lamentability,
- lamenting,
- languishment,
- misery,
- moaning,
- mournfulness,
- mourning,
- pain,
- painfulness,
- pathos,
- pining,
- pitiability,
- pitiableness,
- pitifulness,
- poignancy,
- prostration,
- regrettableness,
- sadness,
- sharpness,
- sobbing,
- sorrow,
- sorrowfulness,
- sorrowing,
- wailing,
- weeping,
- woe,
- woebegoneness,
- woefulness