Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense bemoans, present participle bemoaning, past tense, past participle bemoaned
verb
If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
[formal]
Universities and other research establishments bemoan their lack of funds. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: lament, regret, complain about, rue [literary] More Synonyms of bemoan
bemoan in British English
(bɪˈməʊn)
verb
to grieve over (a loss, etc); mourn; lament (esp in the phrase bemoan one's fate)
Word origin
Old English bemǣnan; see be-, moan
bemoan in American English
(biˈmoʊn; bɪˈmoʊn)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
to moan about or deplore (a loss, grief, etc.); lament
to bemoan one's fate
Word origin
ME bimaenen < OE bemaenan: see be- & moan
Examples of 'bemoan' in a sentence
bemoan
He bemoans the loss of hard news in colour supplements to the worlds of advertising and fashion.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Our critic bemoans the lack of academic judgement on matters of expensive smells.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
He has since bemoaned the lack of attention devoted to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Another bemoaned the lack of crèche facilities for dogs at the surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He bemoaned the lack of quality at his disposal in recent weeks after a run of four games without a win.
The Sun (2009)
Some British shareholders have bemoaned the fact that a national asset was being sold into foreign ownership.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Usually, opposition leaders bemoan the fact that they can only speak but have no power to act.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The prince bemoaned his lack of experience: all he knew in life was how to be a naval officer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yet what woman after woman at the conference bemoaned was the lack of an informal kind of investment structure in Belfast.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Although the trust concedes that the spread of flush lavatories is an advance it bemoans the fact that only 40 per cent are dual flush.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Letter after letter either reflected on the wonderful time they had Just had together or bemoaned the fact that it was days before theywere together again.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At the shareholder meeting to approve the deal, they were bemoaning the loss of their 10% discount card.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Instead of bemoaning the losses, this suburban church has decided to be positive about the people it has sent elsewhere in the Kingdom.
Christianity Today (2000)
After lots of stuff about how fast the business was growing and the 9 billion of bonds it has issued, he bemoans the lack of entrepreneurs there.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
bemoan
British English: bemoan VERB
If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
Universities bemoan their lack of funds.
American English: bemoan
Brazilian Portuguese: lamentar
Chinese: 惋惜
European Spanish: lamentarse de
French: déplorer
German: beklagen
Italian: lamentare
Japanese: 不平を漏らす
Korean: 한탄하다
European Portuguese: lamentar
Latin American Spanish: lamentarse de
(verb)
Definition
to lament
She continually bemoans her lot in life.
Synonyms
lament
It was traditional to lament deaths with a procession and a banquet.
regret
She regrets having given up her home.
complain about
rue (literary)
He was probably ruing his decision.
deplore
They deplored the heavy loss of life in the earthquake.
grieve for
weep for
bewail
All your songs seem to bewail a dissatisfaction in love.
cry over spilt milk
express sorrow about
moan over
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bewail
Definition
to express great sorrow over
All your songs seem to bewail a dissatisfaction in love.
Synonyms
lament,
regret,
complain about,
moan about,
mourn,
rue (literary),
wail about,
deplore,
bemoan,
repent,
grieve for,
cry over,
weep over,
express sorrow for
in the sense of deplore
They deplored the heavy loss of life in the earthquake.