elegy, dead-end, lament, orison, mingle, lamentation, patter

Rembrandt

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, 1635

Lamentations of Jeremias ：耶肋米亞哀歌；耶律米哀歌（基）：舊約之一部；為耶肋米亞先知所作，約成於西元前六世紀－耶路撒冷遭受破壞以後；主旨是激起以色列人之悔改心，進而應信賴上主的慈愛。


In Taiwan, Lamenting a Lost Lead

By KEITH BRADSHER

Fostering innovation has become a mantra among corporate leaders and government officials because Taiwan's huge consumer electronics industry has run into serious trouble.

Obama Laments Poor Treatment of Vietnam Veterans
He vows “it will not happen again,” insists U.S. won’t go to war unless “absolutely necessary.”

 

 Where Koreans Go to Reunify (Hint: It's Not the Koreas)

By THOMAS FULLER

An effort by North Korea to bring in currency with a small chain of restaurants outside the country has led to the odd scene of Koreans mingling in a way that would be impossible back home.

Young Japanese mingle with fellow youth in Bangladesh during a tour arranged jointly by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and H.I.S. in March. (Provided by JICA)

Goodbye, cruel Google--an ex-employee's lament
CNET
It's not quite a Google version of the now famous peanut butter manifesto, but it's still worth reading this angry tirade from a Googler leaving the Googleplex because he feels the corporate culture has changed for the worse. In his very public adios, ...

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Reviewed by JOSHUA HAMMER

In this season's travel books, the most resonant journeys are recorded by writers who hit the road to escape failed relationships, broken marriages and dead-end careers.

dead-end job
Position that offers no opportunity for promotion, increased pay, or increased responsibility; also called a blind alley job.

elegy (EL-i-jee)

noun: A poem composed as a lament for the dead.

Etymology
Via French and Latin from Greek elegos (a mournful poem or song).

Usage
"Frederick Septimus Kelly wrote his best-known work, an elegy for string orchestra, in memory of his friend, poet Rupert Brooke." — Matthew Westwood; Lament for Fame's First Victim; The Australian (Sydney); Aug 18, 2006.

lament

Pronunciation: /ləˈmɛnt/

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Definition of lament

noun

• 1a passionate expression of grief or sorrow:his mother’s night-long laments for his father [mass noun]:a song full of lament and sorrow
• a song, piece of music, or poem expressing grief or sorrow:the piper played a lament

• 2a complaint:there were constant laments about the conditions of employment

verb

• 1 [with object] express passionate grief about:he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter [no object]:the women wept and lamented over him

• 2 [reporting verb] express regret or disappointment about something: [with object]:she lamented the lack of shops in the town [with direct speech]:‘We could have won,’ lamented the England captain

Derivatives

lamenter

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) 'weeping, wailing'

lament[la・ment]

• 発音記号[ləmént]

[動](他)［III[名]/doing/that節］…を悲しむ, 嘆く；…を後悔する

lament one's folly
愚行を後悔する

lament the loss of one's child
子供を失ったことを悲しむ

She lamented having ［that she had］ married young.
若くして結婚したことを後悔していた.

━━(自)（…を）悲しむ；後悔する((for, over ...))

He lamented over his son's death.
息子の死を嘆き悲しんだ.

━━[名]

1 （…に対する）悲しみ, 嘆き((for ...)).

2 哀歌, 挽歌.

3 泣き言, 愚痴.

［ラテン語lāmentum（悲しい声）］

lamentation	(noun) A cry of sorrow and grief.
Synonyms:	wail, plaint
Usage:	It was pitiful to see him press his throat with his fat hand to keep from bursting into sobs and lamentations.

  What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
        Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
        Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
     Can patter out their hasty orisons.

orison (OR-uh-suhn, -zuhn)

noun: A prayer.

Etymology
Via French from Latin oration (speech, prayer), from orare (to speak, pray), from os (mouth).

Usage
"David Carlin's brilliant title, Our Father Who Wasn't There, mingles orison and lament. It is the apparent opening of a prayer for an absent or lost father." — A Son Searches for the Father Who Wasn't There; The Canberra Times (Australia); Feb 6, 2010.


mingle

(mĭng'gəl)

v., -gled, -gling, -gles. v.tr.

1. To mix or bring together in combination, usually without loss of individual characteristics. See synonyms at mix.
2. To mix so that the components become united; merge.

v.intr.

1. To be or become mixed or united.
2. To join or take part with others: The faculty mingled with the trustees.

[Middle English menglen, frequentative of mengen, to mix, from Old English mengan.]

mingler min'gler n.