a. [ L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable. ] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [ Archaic ] “Lamentable eye.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. “Lamentable helplessness.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. Bp. Stillingfleet.

-- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting. ] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. [ 1913 Webster ]

One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden.

Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament. ] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v. ] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. [ 1913 Webster ]

Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lamentation, L. lamentatio. ] 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. Matt. ii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mourned for; bewailed. [ 1913 Webster ]

This humble praise, lamented shade ! receive. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who laments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Lamantin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lamentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lamentings heard i' the air. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lamenting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]