lamented

verb

Definition of lamentednext
past tense of lament
1
as in mourned
to feel or express sorrow for she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words

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2
as in regretted
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather

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Recent Examples of lamented Authorities allege Mangione tracked Thompson after laying out plans to kill him in a manifesto that lamented corporate abuse and deadly greed in the health insurance industry. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 For years, Rivian owners have lamented the absence of captain’s chairs in the R1S, noting that the three-row SUV would be much improved with standalone seats instead of a bench in the second row. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2026 Messi lamented his father's absence from the final and hinted at potential retirement, questioning his future in soccer without his lifelong support system. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Erin Maxwell, an expert in Early Jurassic marine vertebrates at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany, lamented the sale as a loss to the UK. — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026 On the call, Nebraskan health leaders lamented widespread confusion around the requirements, slow implementation processes, and a lack of transparency from the state. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Aug. 2026 Abdelkader lamented what happened, but said that those who breached the border behaved relatively well. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 About an hour and a half later, while peering over police tape blocking off the road in front of the campus, Kelly-Tuason lamented the violence that rattled the school and the surrounding neighborhood. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 Ironically, in what several key movie-making legends have decried and lamented as a self-destructive move, Hollywood has been training the audience not to head out to theaters, but instead to wait patiently at home. — Adam Aron, Variety, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamented
  1. mourned
  2. regretted
Verb
  • Many fans also mourned the late Bob Saget, who died in 2022 from accidental blunt head trauma.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • D’Arcy closes the window with an air of steely resolve, and in doing so declares the Rhaenyra who might have mourned her half-sister as dead and gone.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of mourned
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  • The bet was clearly a lighthearted joke between friends, but after posting it, the WNBA seems to have regretted the optics of the league promoting two players gambling on a game, which is prohibited in the league’s collective bargaining agreement.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
  • Plenty of incumbents have brushed off the threat Elon Musk posed to their businesses and regretted it.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of regretted

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“Lamented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamented. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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