to feel or express sorrow or regret for

to lament his absence.

to mourn for or over.

to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret.

to mourn deeply.

an expression of grief or sorrow.

a formal expression of sorrow or mourning, esp. in verse or song; an elegy or dirge.

verb

celebrate , compliment , laud , praise

verb

bawl , beat one’s breast , bemoan , bewail , bleed , cry , deplore , eat one’s heart out , howl , hurt , kick self , moan , rain , regret , repine , rue , sing , sob , sorrow , take it hard , wail , weepnotes:bemoan is motivated when pity or grief is over an event that is joined to a consequence , whereas lament is motivated when the grief is over the event itself , mourn , suffer , alas , complaint , condole , dirge , dolor , elegize , grief , grieve , jeremiad , keen , monody , outcry , pine , plaint , repent , requiem , sign , weep