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Search phrase: lament

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Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xv.52Lament nor sorrow at, but please your thoughtsLament nor sorrow at: but please your thoughts
Antony and CleopatraAC V.i.29That nature must compel us to lamentThat Nature must compell vs to lament
Antony and CleopatraAC V.i.40In the whole world. But yet let me lamentIn the whole world. But yet let me lament
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.177my friends no wrong, for I have none to lament me; themy friends no wrong, for I haue none to lament me: the
CoriolanusCor IV.ii.52Leave this faint puling and lament as I do,Leaue this faint-puling, and lament as I do,
HamletHam III.ii.145.11with some three or four, comes in again, seem to condolewith some two orthree Mutes comes in againe, seeming to lament
HamletHam III.ii.208Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament.Where Ioy most Reuels, Greefe doth most lament;
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iii.108Why then, lament therefore.Why then Lament therefore.
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.85I should lament thy miserable state.I should lament thy miserable state.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.38'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.'Twere childish weakenesse to lament, or feare.
Henry VIIIH8 II.iii.12.1Melt and lament for her.Melt and lament for her.
PericlesPer IV.ii.64Why lament you, pretty one?Why lament you prettie one?
Richard IIR2 I.iii.58Lament we may, but not revenge thee dead.Lament we may, but not reuenge thee dead.
Richard IIR2 IV.i.301How to lament the cause. I'll beg one boon,How to lament the cause. Ile begge one Boone,
Richard IIR2 V.vi.47Come mourn with me for that I do lament,Come mourne with me, for that I do lament,
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.3Whilst I awhile obsequiously lamentWhil'st I a-while obsequiously lament
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.32Rest you, whiles I lament King Henry's corse.Rest you, whiles I lament King Henries Coarse.
Richard IIIR3 II.ii.9I do lament the sickness of the King,I do lament the sicknesse of the King,
Richard IIIR3 II.ii.43If you will live, lament; if die, be brief,If you will liue, Lament: if dye, be breefe,
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.82For though fond nature bids us all lament,For though some Nature bids all vs lament,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.205That ever eye with sight made heart lament.That euer eye with sight made heart lament.
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.27O noble father, you lament in vain:Oh noble father, you lament in vaine,
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.217But yet let reason govern thy lament.But yet let reason gouerne thy lament.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.241Cease to lament for that thou canst not help,Cease to lament for that thou canst not helpe,
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.135.1Lament till I am lost.Lament, till I am lost.

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1500 And who she finds forlorn she doth lament. And who shee finds forlorne, shee doth lament:

Glossary

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complainlament, bewail, bemoan
condolelament, grieve, express great sorrow
greetbewail, lament, weep for
meanlament, mourn, make complaint
plaincomplain, lament, bewail
threne, threnosdirge, lament, funeral song
wailbewail, lament, grieve [for]
wetweep for, lament with tears

Thesaurus

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lamentcondole
lamentcomplain
lamentthrene, threnos
lamentwail
lamentmean
lamentplain
lamentgreet
lament with tearswet
tears, lament withwet

Themes and Topics

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Regrets...ons which include regret grief sorrow lament and remorse some are intensified by be...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LAMENTBASIClament n, lament v, lamentable adj, lamentably adv, lamentation n, lamenting adj
LAMENTINTENSITYdire-lamenting adj

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