lamentation

expression of grief A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning.

Lament. The “lament” progression is so named because in early classical music, this chord progression (almost always in minor) was used as the ground bass for songs of lament. Examples include “Dido's Lament” by Henry Purcell, from the opera Dido and Aeneas, and J.S. Bach's “Crucifixus,” from his Mass in B Minor.

lament | Intermediate English to express sadness and regret about something: He lamented his students' lack of interest in the classics. an expression of sadness over something, or a complaint: Baker's lament was that his schedule kept him away from his family too often.

Examples of lamentation

1. As troubling as the recent headlines have been, these lamentations need a second look.
2. But if the dollar had fallen by a similar amount, there would be lamentations over the debasing of the currency.
3. The year began with a line that was as much a lamentation as it was an astute observation.

lament, a nonnarrative poem expressing deep grief or sorrow over a personal loss. The form developed as part of the oral tradition along with heroic poetry and exists in most languages.

Words Related To lamentation

• bellowing.
• blubbering.
• crying.
• groan.
• lament.
• lamentation.
• plaint.
• sobbing.

Confidence in God's trustworthiness is the destination of all laments. These four elements (turning, complaining, asking, and trusting) serve as the basic ingredients of lament. Since biblical laments are poems set to music, they don't always include every element.

Lamentation is when grief pours out. If you lose a nice pencil that's no cause for lamentation, but if you lose all your money in a stock market crash, that might be. If someone tells you you'll be late to your own funeral, you can always say: “At least I'll get to enjoy the lamentation!”

If you are really upset or sorry about something, you might lament it. A lament is full of regret and grief. If you lament something, then you feel sorry about it. You could lament a mistake you made, or you could lament a horrible thing that happened to a friend. Also, a lament is an expression of grief.

According to Oxford Dictionaries, lament is defined as an expression of sorrow or grief, such as song or poem, but is also used as a verb “to have or express very sad feelings about somebody or something.” In this article, we are going to focus on the verb, or act of lamenting, specifically towards God.

On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dirge, such as: elegy, hymn, chant, coronach, cry, and jeremiad.

Laments can have seven parts:

• Address to God.
• Review of God's faithfulness in the past.
• The complaint.
• A confession of sin or claim of innocence.
• A request for help.
• God's response (often not stated)
• A vow to praise, statement of trust in God.