lament

beklagen, betrauern

Tiefe Traurigkeit oder großes Bedauern über etwas ausdrücken.

In einfachem Englisch: To express deep sadness or regret about something.

• He lamented his friend's death.
• They lament the lack of affordable housing.
• She lamented that she had never learned to swim.

So benutzt man es: lament something (The residents lamented the loss of their local library.); lament that… (She lamented that the old trees had been cut down.)

Synonyme: mourn, bemoan, bewail

Gegenteile: celebrate, rejoice

Häufige Wendungen: lament a loss, lament the lack, lament someone's death

Klage, Klagelied

Worte, ein Lied oder ein Schrei, die tiefe Traurigkeit oder großes Bedauern ausdrücken.

In einfachem Englisch: Words, a song, or a cry expressing deep sadness or regret.

• We heard her quiet lament.
• The song is a lament for the dead.
• Their laments filled the empty church.

So benutzt man es: lament for someone/something (The poem is a lament for his lost homeland.)

Synonyme: lamentation, cry, dirge

Häufige Wendungen: a sorrowful lament, lament for someone, a mother's lament