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Definition of Lamenting
1. Adjective. Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression. "Tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"
Definition of Lamenting
1. n. Lamentation.
Definition of Lamenting
1. Verb. (present participle of lament) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lamenting
1. lament [v] - See also: lament
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamenting
Literary usage of Lamenting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"And, whilst lamenting mothers fear, On high her signal torch displays; ...
A PASTORAL, lamenting THE DEATH OP THE LAIS MARQUIS OF BLANDFORD. ..."
2. English Lyric Poetry, 1500-1700 by Frederic Ives Carpenter (1897)
"SWEET lamenting. T SAW my lady weeping, and Love did languish, And of their plaint
ensued so rare consenting That never yet was heard more sweet lamenting, ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"The author, lamenting Andrew Sail's abjuration of Catholicism, inquires into the
cause of persecution in Ireland and England. 9. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"lamenting the fact that many Christians, carried away by the beauty of the play,
take delight in the comedies of Terence and thereby learn many impure ..."
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