Verbal Ability - Synonyms - Discussion

Lament is expressing grief..!!

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!

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

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 means a cry of sorrow and grief.

Synonyms are bemoan, bewail, elegy.