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bemoan

[ bih-mohn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to express distress or grief over; lament:

    to bemoan one's fate.

  2. to regard with regret or disapproval.


bemoan

/ ɪˈəʊ /

verb

  1. to grieve over (a loss, etc); mourn; lament (esp in the phrase bemoan one's fate )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·DziԲ· adverb
  • ܲb·DzԱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bemoan1

before 1000; be- + moan; replacing bemene, Middle English bimenen, Old English ǣԲ ( bi- be- + ǣԲ to moan)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bemoan1

Old English beǣԲ ; see be- , moan
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"The war is against the people of Sudan," Ms Ahmed says, bemoaning the war's human cost, as well as the unimaginable loss of centuries of heritage.

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In manager Dave Roberts’ view, there has been a lack of quality “team at-bats,” with the manager bemoaning his team’s tendency to chase pitches out of the zone in key situations.

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Of the French text, Mothersbaugh bemoans the fact that he’s not multilingual.

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And in several anonymized survey responses shared exclusively with Salon, parents didn’t bemoan their offspring as being anything close to lazy or entitled.

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They claim to be the party of fiscal conservatism and their leaders bemoan the national debt, but this plan blows up the debt.

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