lamenting
Mourning a loss
Lamenting is the act of expressing grief, sorrow, or deep regret.
Someone lamenting a loss mourns it openly, often with words or sounds of anguish.
The term applies both to genuine expressions of pain and to more theatrical displays: She spent the evening lamenting her failed relationship.
People also lament things they find regrettable without experiencing true grief: Critics are always lamenting the death of cinema.
Sounding sad, sorrowful
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
wistful · forlorn · somber · lugubrious · woeful · pensive · dolorous · funereal
Deep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- lossBeing without something
mourning · despair · sadness · tears · suffering · tragedy · melancholy · misery
Mournful commemorative music
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- requiemMass for the deceased
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- funeralService honoring the dead
memorial · commemoration · obituary · tribute · valediction · remembrance · wake · vigil
Remorseful state over misdeeds
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
guilt · shame · regret · apology · penance · self-reproach · compunction · ruefulness
Intense prolonged craving
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- regretSorrow over past actions
reminiscence · bittersweet · homesickness · loneliness · aching · sighing · rueful · bygone
plaintive
Sounding sad, sorrowful
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
doleful · wistful · forlorn · somber · lugubrious · woeful · pensive · dolorous · funereal · sepulchral
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
loss · mourning · despair · sadness · tears · suffering · tragedy · melancholy · misery · woe
dirge
Mournful commemorative music
funeral · memorial · commemoration · obituary · tribute · valediction · remembrance · wake · vigil · consecration
contrition
Remorseful state over misdeeds
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
confession · guilt · shame · regret · apology · penance · self-reproach · compunction · ruefulness · expiation
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
regret · reminiscence · bittersweet · homesickness · loneliness · aching · sighing · rueful · bygone · lost
lamentingcelebrating
Observing with festivity
rejoicing · exulting · jubilating · cheering · reveling
lamentingaccepting
Willing to receive
embracing · welcoming · appreciating · moving on · letting go
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