All 7 Uses of
lament
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The mendicant received both the alms and the sarcasm without wincing, and continued, in lamentable tones,— "Charity, please!"†
Chpt 1.1.2 *lamentable = regrettablestandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- At the moment when he passed close to this species of spider with a human countenance, it raised towards him a lamentable voice: "~La buona mancia, signor!†
Chpt 1.2.6
- Two tables further on, a palmer, with his pilgrim's costume complete, was practising the lament of the Holy Queen, not forgetting the drone and the nasal drawl.†
Chpt 1.2.6lament = express grief or regret
- It drags along, a lamentable workshop mendicant, from copy to copy.†
Chpt 1.5.2lamentable = regrettablestandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- One often encountered in the most frequented street, in the most crowded and noisy market, in the very middle, under the feet of the horses, under the wheels of the carts, as it were, a cellar, a well, a tiny walled and grated cabin, at the bottom of which a human being prayed night and day, voluntarily devoted to some eternal lamentation, to some great expiation.†
Chpt 1.6.2lamentation = passionate expression of grief or sorrow
- It seemed as though her grief were breaking forth more violently than usual; and she could be heard outside lamenting in a loud and monotonous voice which rent the heart.†
Chpt 2.8.5lamenting = expressing grief or regret
- The lamentable voice which had proceeded from the cage had frozen all present, even Master Olivier himself.†
Chpt 2.10.5lamentable = regrettablestandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
Definitions:
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(1)
(lament) to express grief or regret
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Although lament typically refers to a feeling or simple vocal expression, it can refer to a vocal expression as complex as a sad song or poem. It can even refer to sad, but non-vocal music -- as when Tennessee Williams references background music in A Streetcar Named Desire.