to bemoan

Synonyms

bewail

Examples

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

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

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor but they grope ever upward towards consciousness the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Words in the phrase

to bemoan

Close letter words and terms

to begin on a high note with to begin to squeal to begin with to bequeath to beseech to betake oneself