LAMENTABLE
Lam"en*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. lamentabilis : cf. F. lamentable.]
1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. "Lamentable eye." Spenser.
2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." Burke.
3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; — in a contemptuous or Bp.
Stillingfleet.
— Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n.
— Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
LAMENTATION
Lam`en*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.]
1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping Matt. ii. 18.
2. pl. (Script.)
Defn: A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.
LAMENTED
La*ment"ed, a.
Defn: Mourned for; bewailed.
This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope.