lament

Noun

• a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

• a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

• a cry of sorrow and grief
  • their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
    

Verb

• regret strongly
  • I deplore this hostile action
    
  • we lamented the loss of benefits
    

• express grief verbally
  • we lamented the death of the child
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  elegy , dirge , coronach , requiem , threnody , lamentation , plaint , wail , deplore , bewail , bemoan , keen