to bewail
2
9.6
- verb
- /bɪˈweɪl/
- Literature
:
lamentar
- The three listen courteously as Job bewails the day he was born, a day that "did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes."
Examples
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U.S. diplomats, led by Colin Powell, bewailed the vile practice of election fraud when it was the Russian-friendly incumbent Prime Minister Yanukovich who had been doing the vote rigging.
Academic text (2006) -
Many new administrators bewail the fact that their graduate education programs have not adequately prepared them for the real world (Hankin, 1996).
Academic text (2002) -
But it is also much to be bewailed.
Blog text (4) -
Rachel bewails her children and would not be comforted because they are not.
Blog text (2) -
Sometimes sobbing, sometimes gasping for breath, he bewailed his fate and asked strangers for aid.
Fiction book (1994) -
She bewails the loss of her childhood home every time she visits the neighborhood.
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He bewails his missed opportunities, sorrowfully reflecting on paths not taken.
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The community gathered to bewail the passing of their beloved leader at the memorial service.
Synonyms
208
1.1
To cry and let tears fall because you feel sad or have strong feelings
191
3.0
Feel or show deep sadness after someone dies
139
3.8
To feel very sad because of a loss
84
3.2
To make a long loud cry because you are hurt or very sad
62
5.0
To show or say that you feel sad about something
21
7.1
To say you are sad about something and complain about it
18
7.1
To show strong disapproval of something, often publicly or in a formal way
14
3.5
Cry a little, often with one tear
3
9.7
To make a loud, sad cry for someone who has died
1
7.5
To feel sad and complain to others
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bewail is built from be- and wail; wail means 'to cry loudly', and be- makes it stronger, so to bewail something is to loudly and fully express sorrow or regret.