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jeremiad (s) (noun), jeremiads (pl)
1. A long lamentation, sorrowful cry, or tale of woe: Joseph had a jeremiad when his young son suddenly died.
2. A mournful complaint about one's terrible situation: Mary wrote a jeremiad grieving about her present plight of losing her husband, about her children living so far away, and not hearing well at all.
A prolonged shedding of tears.
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Crying about one's disappointment.
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