1. (n.) The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.

2. (n.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

agony anguish bitterness bleakness care carking care cheerlessness comfortlessness crying depression discomfort dismalness distress distressfulness dreariness grief grieving grievousness heartfelt grief heartgrief joylessness lamentability lamenting languishment misery moaning mournfulness mourning pain painfulness pathos pining pitiability pitiableness pitifulness poignancy prostration regrettableness sadness sharpness sobbing sorrow sorrowfulness sorrowing wailing weeping woe woebegoneness woefulness