bemoan

Verb

Meaning

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lament deplore bewail rue bawl keen mourning regret cry sorrow complain repent blubber mourn weep

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Antonyms

congratulations distinction enjoy celebrate praise triumph

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Hypernyms

plain kick complain sound off kvetch quetch

Phrases with the word

to bemoan

Derivatives

bemoaned bemoaning

Anagrams

Beamon onbeam

Examples

When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life. Sylvester Stallone

I do not intend to be one of those who bemoan little results, while resting in the faithfulness of God. My cue is to take hold of the faithfulness of God and USE THE MEANS necessary to secure big results. James O. Fraser

Think not that I have come in quest of common flowers; but rather to bemoan the loss of one whose scent has vanished from the air. Murasaki Shikibu

We should neither bemoan nor naively idealize this new reality. We should deal with it. Al Gore

Think not that I have come in quest of common flowers; but rather to bemoan the loss of one whose scent has vanished from the air. Arthur Waley

There's plenty of time to bemoan bad fortune once it arrives. Yiddish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

bemitradine bemittened bemix bemoanable bemoaner bemoaning