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lamented

[ luh-men-tid ]

adjective

  1. mourned for, as a person who is dead:

    Our late lamented friend.



lamented

/ əˈɛԳɪ /

adjective

  1. grieved for or regretted (often in the phrase late lamented )

    our late lamented employer

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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ԳĻ· adverb
  • ܲȴ-·ԳĻ adjective
  • ܲl·ԳĻ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lamented1

First recorded in 1605–15; lament + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

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In “Laudato Si,” the pope lamented the pain of climate migrants who are “forced to leave their homes, with great uncertainty for their future and that of their children.”

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Two months later, in an interview with a Jesuit magazine, the pontiff lamented that the church too often appeared to be “obsessed” with sex and reproductive rights.

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In the same session the first minister said she lamented the cuts, and said recipients of the benefits involved were "suffering" and "worried".

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Speaker after speaker lamented the loss of John Senyange, who had been a Gunner all his life.

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Captain Caroline Weir lamented the contrast in Scotland's first and second-half performances as they went from leading to being humbled 6-1 against Germany in the Women's Nations League.

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