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  • 121cry — v 1. weep, shed tears, boohoo, sob; bawl, blubber, whimper, mewl, pule, whine, snivel; moan, wail, groan, ululate; lament, mourn, bewail, keen. 2. shout, yell, Inf. holler, squall, yowl, bellow, whoop; roar, rend the air, howl; scream, shriek,… …

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  • 122complaint — n 1. criticism, animadversion, Inf. brickbat; cavil, quibble; lament, lamentation, jeremiad, wail, ululation, moan, groan, murmur, whimper, grumble; plaint, demur, objection, Inf. kick, Inf. gripe, All Sl. big stink, squawk, bellyache, beef. 2.… …

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  • 123dirge — n funeral song, burial hymn, elegy, requiem, Rom. Cath. Ch. trental, Dies Irae; lament, keen, threnody, threnode, epicedium, monody, ululation, jeremiad, Scot., Irish. coronach; knell, toll, passing bell …

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  • 124groan — n 1. sigh, moan, murmur, mutter, grumble, grunt, grouse, complaint, gripe, Sl. bitch; yapping, Inf. yammering, whine, whimper, sob, blubbering, sniveling, sniffling; cry, crying, weeping, wailing, wail, ululation, bleat; bawling, vociferation,… …

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  • 125keen — I adj sharp, razor sharp, sharpened, edged, sharp edged, knife edged, fine edged, featheredged. 2. cogent, penetrating, piercing, incisive, pointed, rapier like; trenchant, mordant, mordacious, pungent; cutting, biting, stinging, scathing,… …

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  • 126lament — v 1. mourn, mourn for, sorrow, grieve, grieve for, feel for, be or feel sorry for, weep for, pity; condole, commiserate, compassionate, sympathize; deplore, bewail, bemoan, moan, groan, Inf. sing or cry the blues; regret, repine, rue, rue the day …

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  • 127moan — n 1. groan, sough, sigh, hum; murmur, whimper, breathing; rumble, ruffle, ripple; susurration, susurrus, whisper, rustle; wail, ululation, keen v 2. groan, wail, sigh; keen, ululate, weep, sob, cry; yawp, bawl; whine, whimper, mewl, pule, snivel …

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  • 128mourning — n 1. sorrowing, lamentation, grieving, lamenting, groaning, moaning, bemoaning, bewailing; wailing, howling, keening, Yiddish. kvitching; crying, weeping, sobbing, bawling; complaint, Archaic. plaint, moan, groan; keen, wail, ululation, howl; cry …

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