Lament

1. noun

   a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

   Similar: dirge, coronach, requiem, threnody

2. noun

   a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

   Similar: elegy

3. noun

   a cry of sorrow and grief

   “their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward”

   Similar: lamentation, plaint, wail

4. verb

   express grief verbally

   “we lamented the death of the child”

   Similar: keen