to bemoan
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7.1
- verb
- /bɪˈmoʊn/
:
lamentar
- Some people bemoan the rising cost of living, expressing their sorrow over the financial strain it causes.
- bemoaning the fact
- bemoaning the lack
- bemoan the loss
We should not bemoan or regret or have guilt.
- We should not bemoan or regret or have guilt.
- Honor the struggle like so many people bemoan the hardship and they hate it.
- The Daily Telegraph here in London, not that long ago was bemoaning the fact that kids aren't canned anymore in schools.
- In a similar vein, we often bemoan the fact that we forget things, and we'd love to be able to remember more.
- Good interesting architecture and bemoaned some of these awful building.
Examples
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Like a child, he continues to bemoan his lack of usefulness.
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I recently read an article in the local rag bemoaning the lack of tourist interest in this area!
Academic text (1999) -
So why should I, as someone who holds American cultural values like liberty dear to my heart, bemoan this effect?
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On the other hand, many school staff at the same time bemoan students' lack of these same skills or competencies.
Academic text (2011) -
But I'm not here to bemoan past misfortune.
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Some bemoan the glut of project books that now get a lot of attention in the poetry publishing world.
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My aunt often bemoaned the situation in the letters that she couldn't write to me.
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And rather than fighting that or bemoaning it, see it as an indicator that you're on the right path.
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As he bemoaned the downfall of the American farmer.
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Tyler acknowledged the need for well-defined, thoughtful "educational objectives," bemoaning that "many educational programs do not have clearly defined purposes."
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
481
1.2
Feel sorry about a past action, a loss, or a missed chance
191
3.0
Feel or show deep sadness after someone dies
139
3.8
To feel very sad because of a loss
108
3.4
To be sorry about an action you did or failed to do
62
5.0
To show or say that you feel sad about something
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7.1
To show strong disapproval of something, often publicly or in a formal way
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7.5
To feel sorry about something you did or missed
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9.6
To show deep sadness and regret about something
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7.5
To feel sad and complain to others
Antonyms
How Regretful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bemoan is made of be- and moan, where moan means 'to complain or cry' and be- adds a sense of 'about' or 'completely'. So to bemoan something is to complain or show sorrow about it, meaning to express deep regret.