lament - noun

a cry of sorrow and grief

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

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

lament - verb

• express grief verbally
• regret strongly

lament - thesaurus

bemoan   bewail   coronach   deplore   dirge   elegy   keen   lamentation   plaint   requiem   threnody   wail