- speaking of something with sorrow, regret, or disappointment; evoking feelings of this kind:After the controlled mayhem of their first number, the band went into a laid-back groove with a lamenting melody on the sax.As sure as the season changes, we are once again hearing the lamenting call of British Columbia's most vocal crusader against salmon farming.
- mourning or grieving over something, especially death or profound loss or suffering:In some countries, people follow the custom of leading a procession with the decorated body of the dead, for the benefit of the lamenting relatives.
- the act of grieving or of expressing regret or disappointment:Complain and point the finger all you want, but this is not a problem that lamenting will solve.
