Verbal Ability - Synonyms - Discussion

Main Entry: lament / lamentation

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: grief, complaint

Synonyms: complaining, dirge, elegy, grieving, jeremiad, keen, keening, lament, moan, moaning, mourning, plaint, requiem, sob, sobbing, sorrow, tears, threnody, ululation, wail, wailing, weeping

Antonyms: celebration, enjoyment, praise

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Main Entry: lament

Part of Speech: verb

Definition: to mourn or grieve deeply

Synonyms: bawl, beat one's breast, bemoan, bewail, bleed, cry, deplore, eat one's heart out, howl, hurt, kick self, moan, rain, regret, repine, rue, sing, sob, sorrow, take it hard, wail, weep

Notes: bemoan is motivated when pity or grief is over an event that is joined to a consequence, whereas lament is motivated when the grief is over the event itself

Antonyms: celebrate, compliment, laud, praise

Lament close to complain.

Because lament is about expressing feelings like aggression, sorrow, pain and in complaint we also describe our feelings.

Lament :- To express sadness and feeling sorry for something.

Answer should be console.

Lament - Passionate expression of grief.

Complain - express dissatisfaction, state of grievance concerning.

Comment - brief explanatory remark, criticism.

Condone - forgive/overlook.

Console - comfort, esp in grief or disappointment.

Therefore answer: Lament = complain.

What is meant by complain simply?

Both lament and complain is a expression. Lament for sorrow. Complain for pain or dissatisfaction.

Lament means a cry of sorrow and grief.

Synonyms are bemoan, bewail, elegy.

The answer is "console". Because it means expressing grief at somebody. "lament" means weep or mourn.

Console is to cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort

so complain is right!