Lamentable
Lamentable adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: the lamentable cries of the women for their slain sons were heard throughout the village
Wailing and lamentable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wailing" instead an adjective "Lamentable".
Wailing
Wailing adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: a wailing quality in her voice that makes her a natural for country music
Lamentable and wailing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lamentable" instead an adjective "Wailing".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and lamentable
- melancholy and wailing
- dismal and lamentable
- dismal and wailing
- woeful and lamentable
- woeful and wailing
- sad and lamentable
- sad and wailing
- sorrowful and lamentable
- sorrowful and wailing
- disconsolate and lamentable
- disconsolate and wailing
- dolorous and lamentable
- dolorous and wailing
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