Synonyms for lamenting
lament·ing

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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

   Synonyms:
   wailing, wailful

   Antonyms:
   joyful

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1. List of paraphrases for "lamenting":

   regretting, deploring, bemoaning, complaining

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1. Samuel Smiles:

   It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.

2. 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.

3. Hirotake Asano:

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

4. Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry:

   I braced myself, went in. The room was dimly lit, unfamiliar - I ’d been inside it only once in my life. I moved ahead uncertainly, and there she was. I stood, frozen, staring. I stared and stared. It was difficult, but I kept on, thinking how I ’d regretted not seeing my mother at the end. Years of lamenting that lack of proof, postponing my grief for want of proof. Now I thought : Proof. Careful what Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry wish for.

5. 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.