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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lamenting, wailing, wailfuladjective

    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

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  1. lamenting

    Lamenting refers to the act of expressing deep sorrow, regret, grief, or mourning for something or someone. It often involves expressing these feelings openly and emotionally, typically due to a loss or disappointment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lamenting

    of Lament

  2. Lamentingnoun

    lamentation

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lamenting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lamenting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of lamenting in a Sentence

  1. Jay Williams:

    We spent 25 years, lamenting, stuck, waiting, the conversation here has not only started sooner, but they've made significant progress early on.

  2. Billy Kreutzmann -LRB- drums -RRB-:

    There will be some sadness. Some lamenting that was the last show, and because the band will probably play really well that night, I will be elated because the playing was good.

  3. Hirotake Asano:

    Instead of lamenting that people no longer visit temples, I wanted to bring the temple to the people.

  4. California Gov. Gavin Newsom:

    There was a casual conversation about the 170 ventilators that came from the national stockpile directly to LA County, the conversation wasn't just about those 170, it was about the fact those 170 were not working, and rather than lamenting about it, rather than complaining about it, rather than pointing fingers, rather than generating headlines in order to generate more stress and anxiety, we got a car, and a truck, and we had those 170 brought here to this facility at 8 a.m. this morning.

  5. Ekrem Imamoglu:

    Istanbul is clearly now the fundamental centre of this disease, if just 15% of people go out in Istanbul, that is 2.5 million people - as much as the (entire population of some) cities in Europe which are lamenting their situation.

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