a. 悲伤的, 悲哀的

[ adj ]
vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
<adj.all>
lamenting sinnerswailing mourners
the wailing wind
wailful bagpipes
tangle her desires with wailful sonnets

Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Lamenting}.]
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden.

Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}.


Lamenting \La*ment"ing\, n.
Lamentation.

Lamentings heard i' the air. --Shak.