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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers |
| Section II. Personal Affections |
| 1. Passive Affections |
| 839. [Expression of Pain.] Lamentation. |
| NOUN: | LAMENTATION, lament, wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, suspiration, deep sigh; frown, scowl. CRY (vociferation) [See Cry]; scream, howl; outcry, wail, wail of woe. WEEPING &c. v.; tear; flood of tears, fit of crying, lachrymation [rare], crying; melting mood; “weeping and gnashing of teeth” [Bible]. plaintiveness &c. adj.; languishment; condolence [See Condolence]. MOURNING, weeds [colloq.], widow’s weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning; sackcloth and ashes; lachrymatory, tear bottle, lachrymals or lacrimals; knell [See Interment]; dump [obs.], death song, dirge, coronach [Scot. & Ir.], nenia, requiem, elegy, epicedium; threne [rare], menody, threnody; jeremiad or jeremiade, ululation, keen [Ir.], ullalulla [Ir.]. MOURNER, keener [Ir.]; grumbler (discontent) [See Discontent]; Niobe; Heraclitus, Jeremiah, Mrs. Gummidge. |
| VERB: | LAMENT, mourn, deplore, grieve, keen [Ir.], weep over; bewail, bemoan; condole with [See Condolence]; fret (suffer) [See Pain]; wear -, go into -, put on- mourning; wear -the willow, - sackcloth and ashes; infandum renovare dolorem [Vergil] (regret) [See Regret]; give sorrow words. SIGH; give -, heave -, fetch- a sigh; “waft a sigh from Indus to the pole” [Pope]; sigh “like furnace” [As You Like It]; wail. CRY, weep, sob, greet [archaic or Scot.], blubber, snivel, bibber, whimper, pule; pipe, pipe one’s eye [both slang, orig. naut.]; drop -, shed- -tears, - a tear; melt -, burst- into tears; fondre en larmes [F.], cry oneself blind, cry one’s eyes out; yammer [dial.]. scream &c. (cry out) [See Cry]; mew &c. (animal sounds) [See Ululation]; groan, moan, whine, yelp, howl, yell, ululate; roar; roar -, bellow- like a bull; cry out lustily, rend the air. SHOW SIGNS OF GRIEF; frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one’s teeth, wring one’s hands, tear one’s hair, beat one’s breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief. COMPLAIN, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder [obs.]; deprecate (disapprove) [See Disapprobation]. cry out before one is hurt, complain without cause. |
| ADJECTIVE: | LAMENTING &c. v.; in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes; ululant, ululative [obs.], clamorous; crying -, lamenting- to high heaven, sorrowing, sorrowful (unhappy) [See Pain]; mournful, tearful; lachrymose, lachrymal or lacrimal, lachrymatory, plaintive, plaintful; querulous, querimonious; in the melting mood. IN TEARS, with tears in one’s eyes; with moistened eyes, with watery eyes; bathed -, dissolved- in tears; “like Niobe, all tears” [Hamlet]. elegiac, epicedial, threnetic or threnetical. |
| ADVERB: | de profundis [L.], les larmes aux yeux [F.]. |
| INTERJECTION: | ALAS! alack! heigh-ho! O dear! ah me! woe is me! lackadaisy! well a day! lack a day! alack a day! wellaway! alas the day! O tempora, O mores! [L.]; what a pity! miserabile dictu! [L.]; too true! |
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