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Remorseful vs Lament - What's the difference?

remorseful | lament |

As an adjective remorseful

is (of a person) feeling or filled with remorse.

As a noun lament is

an expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.

As a verb lament is

to express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

remorseful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.
    • He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
  • Expressing or caused by remorse.
    • There was a remorseful look on her face.

    Synonyms

    * penitent * apologetic * regretful *

    Antonyms

    * unremorseful * unrepentant

    Related terms

    * remorse * remorsefully * remorsefulness

    References

    * * * " remorseful" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007. * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.

    lament

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.
  • A song expressing grief.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) (rare)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
  • * Bible, John xvi. 20
    • Ye shall weep and lament , but the world shall rejoice.
  • To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
  • * 2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
    • By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
  • * Dryden
    • One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.

    Synonyms

    * bewail

    Related terms

    * lamentable * lamentability * lamentation * Lamentations

    External links

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