All 6 Uses of
lament
in
The Idiot
- All now crowded round the fire and thronged to see what was going on; everyone lamented and gave vent to exclamations of horror and woe.†
Chpt 1.16 *lamented = expressed grief or regret
- my sovereign!" lamented Lebedeff, falling on his knees before Nastasia Philipovna, and stretching out his hands towards the fire; "it's a hundred thousand roubles, it is indeed, I packed it up myself, I saw the money!†
Chpt 1.16
- "Nastasia Philipovna!" lamented Lebedeff again, straining towards the fireplace; but Rogojin dragged him away, and pushed him to the rear once more.†
Chpt 1.16
- "And the money's burning still," Lebedeff lamented.†
Chpt 1.16
- The mother spent whole nights in weeping and lamenting, while all the time the cause of her grief slumbered peacefully.†
Chpt 3.1lamenting = expressing grief or regret
- "Old Bielokonski" listened to all the fevered and despairing lamentations of Lizabetha Prokofievna without the least emotion; the tears of this sorrowful mother did not evoke answering sighs—in fact, she laughed at her.†
Chpt 4.5lamentations = passionate expressions of grief or sorrow
Definition:
to express grief or regret