The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RUE , but the solution may also be MOAN which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Lament crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUE | 17 % | 3 |
| MOAN | 15 % | 4 |
| BEMOAN | 15 % | 6 |
| MOURN | 8 % | 5 |
| WAIL | 7 % | 4 |
| GRIEVE | 5 % | 6 |
| DEPLORE | 4 % | 7 |
| BEWAIL | 4 % | 6 |
| ELEGY | 4 % | 5 |
| WEEP | 4 % | 4 |
| DIRGE | 3 % | 5 |
| REGRET | 3 % | 6 |
| PLAINT | 3 % | 6 |
| SIGH | 1 % | 4 |
| SOB | 1 % | 3 |
| ALAS | 1 % | 4 |
| ELEGIZE | 0 % | 7 |
| CRY | 0 % | 3 |
| COMPLAIN | 0 % | 8 |
| REPINE | 0 % | 6 |
| THRENODY | 0 % | 8 |
| KEEN | 0 % | 4 |
| MOANABOUT | 0 % | 9 |
| SHEDATEAR | 0 % | 9 |
| BESAD | 0 % | 5 |
Why may MOAN be the right solution?
"MOAN" is the right answer because a moan is a low, mournful sound expressing pain or sorrow, which fits the definition of a lament.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lament
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- coronach
- deplore
- threnody
- elegy
- lamentation
- dirge
- bemoan
- plaint
- bewail
- wail
- regret
- keen
Crossword Answer definitions
RUE noun- Sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Pity; compassion.
- To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
- To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
- To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
- To feel compassion or pity.
- To feel sorrow or regret.
- Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RUE
- "The Murders in the __ Morgue"
- Actress McClanahan
- 35D, in Paris
- Be contrite
- Feel remorse
- McClanahan of "The Golden Girls"
- Paris street
- Quebec street-sign word
- Sorry state
- Street in Paris
More clues leading to the result MOAN
- Keen
- Lament
- Painful utterance
- Sorrowful cry
- Haunted house noise
- Haunted-house sound
- Haunted house sound
- Busy sound?
- Complaining sound
- Gripe
More clues leading to the result BEMOAN
- Lament
- Wail and gnash
- Regret
- Express distress over
- Sing the blues
- Complain about
- Lament.
- Weep over.
- Wail
- Opposite of celebrate
More clues leading to the result MOURN
- Sound dovish?
- Sit shiva, perhaps
- Pay respects, in a way
- Sit shiva
- Lament
- Express sorrow
- Grieve
- Rue
- What some doves seem to do
- Feel great sorrow
More clues leading to the result WAIL
- Lament
- Sound of lamentation
- Caterwaul
- Ululate
- Sing the blues
- Baby's cry
- Kick ass, as on an instrument
- Play a mean sax
- Banshee's noise
- Banshee's warning
More clues leading to the result GRIEVE
- Feel sorrow
- Mourn
- Show sorrow
- Shed tears
- Eat one's heart out
- Feel sorrow for a loss
- "For pleasures past I do not __ ...": Byron
- Lament
- Feel the pain of a loss
- Be heavy-hearted
More clues leading to the result DEPLORE
- Lament
- Condemn
- Censure
- Regret deeply
- Bemoan
- Deeply regret
- Regret strongly
- Strongly disapprove of
- Disapprove of
- Word from the Latin for "weep bitterly"
More clues leading to the result BEWAIL
More clues leading to the result ELEGY
- Song of lament
- Mournful ode
- Nostalgic work
- Lament in verse
- Not a very cheery poem
- Lyric lamentation
- Kaddish
- Sorrowful reading
- Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!," e.g.
- Requiem
More clues leading to the result WEEP
- Grieve
- Have a bawl?
- Shed tears
- React to a chick flick, maybe
- Respond to the end of "Titanic," I suppose
- Turn on the waterworks
- Blubber
- Tear up
- Emulate Niobe
- Get teary
More clues leading to the result DIRGE
- Mournful musical composition
- Threnody
- Funereal music
- Funereal piece
- Somber tune
- Funeral song
- Sad song
- Solemn song
- Funeral hymn
- Doleful ditty
More clues leading to the result REGRET
- Feel contrition
- "King Lear" theme
- Have second thoughts
- Feeling of rue
- Feel remorse
- Lament
- Feel sorry about
- Rue
- Feel contrite about
- Be sorry for
More clues leading to the result PLAINT
- Lamentation
- Lamentation.
- Sorrowful sound
- Sorrowful cry
- Grievance, in English law
- Woeful cry
- Grievance
- Bit of faultfinding
- Lament
- Protest
More clues leading to the result SIGH
- "Bunuel's "The Last __"
- Deep breath
- Sound of relief
- Sound of lamentation
- [Here we go again]
- Wistful sound
- Unexpressed "Alas"
- Unuttered "Alas"
- Sound of nostalgia
- Act relieved
More clues leading to the result SOB
More clues leading to the result ALAS
- "Ah me!"
- "Ah, me!"
- "Bummer, man!"
- "More's the pity"
- "Poor me!"
- "What a pity"
- "Woe is me!"
- "__, poor Yorick!"
- "__, poor Yorick!": Shak.
- Cry of dismay
More clues leading to the result ELEGIZE
- Versify
- Lament
- Commemorate in verse
- Celebrate in lyric poetry.
- Compose as did Gray.
- Commemorate.
- Write certain poems.
- Write a lament about
- Speak for the dead
- Write à la Thomas Gray or John Donne
More clues leading to the result CRY
- Shed tears
- Bawl
- Blubber
- "__ Me a River"
- Hue's partner
- React to spilled milk?
- Get blubbery
- Burst into tears
- Have a bawl
- Try to get things your way (if you're a three year old)
More clues leading to the result COMPLAIN
More clues leading to the result REPINE
More clues leading to the result THRENODY
More clues leading to the result KEEN
- Intellectually sharp
- Loud wail
- Sharp
- Peachy-__
- Sharp as a tack
- Sharp-edged
- Splendid, slangily
- Discerning
- Highly developed
- Peachy ___
More clues leading to the result MOANABOUT
More clues leading to the result SHEDATEAR
- Weep
- Demonstrate despair
- Showed emotion
- Show sadness
- Start to weep
- More than mist up
- Cry
- Clip wool from (4 to 7)
- Show sorrow
- Lament