lamenting adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: {lamenting}, {wailing}, {wailful}]
Lament \La*ment"\, 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]
Lamenting \La*ment"ing\, n. Lamentation. [1913 Webster] Lamentings heard i' the air. --Shak. [1913 Webster]