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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 51Թ Forms

  • bemoaningly adverb
  • unbemoaned adjective
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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bemoan1

Old English beǣԲ ; see be- , moan
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Even months after D-Day, the wartime prime minister called efforts "very disappointing" and bemoaned the fact the US was "so far ahead" despite the drug being a "British discovery".

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He is absolutely not on his own but when Amorim bemoans a failure of his side to score, Garnacho is at least partly responsible.

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An early pit stop and a limited tyre allocation boxed Aston and Alonso in, and he bemoaned on the radio that he was "the unluckiest driver ever" as he slumped to an 11th-place finish.

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On Sunday against the Braves, it was a similar story, May looking frustrated with himself as Riley took his two trots around the bases, bemoaning poorly executed sweepers again.

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To set the tenor, she destroys an entire medical laboratory in Kuala Lumpur while bemoaning her ennui.

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