lament
Definitions
Noun
- A cry of sorrow and grief
- A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- A mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Verb
- Express grief verbally
- Regret strongly
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "lament".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laments | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | filament | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | filaments | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | lament | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | badalamenti | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | lamentable | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | lamented | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | lamenting | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "lament".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | element | 3 | 52 |
| 2 | pleasant | 2 | 38 |
| 3 | elegant | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | latent | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | claimant | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | elephant | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | blatant | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | clement | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | flippant | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | claymont | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | klement | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | kliment | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | labant | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | labonte | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | lacount | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | lafont | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | lamont | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | lamonte | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | lapoint | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | lapointe | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | laurent | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | lecount | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | legent | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | lemont | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | levant | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | liemandt | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | lucent | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | oliphant | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | playcount | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "lament".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | placement | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | latent | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | laymen | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | lent | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | laments | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | lawmen | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | lame | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | ligament | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | filament | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | ament | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | lamented | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | lamont | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | lameta | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | clamen | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | aument | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | arment | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | amenta | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | ligaments | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | lant | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | lamenting | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "lament" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "lament" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "lament" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 8
Sound Alikes: 29
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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