Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To express grief over; lament.
- transitive verb To express disapproval of or regret for; deplore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lament; bewail; express sorrow for: as, to
bemoan the loss of a son. - Reflexively, to bewail one's lot.
- To pity; feel or express sympathy with or pity for.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to
complain about; todismay orworry about something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb regret strongly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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For the retentive types who extra time on their hands to copy-edit others’ posts: yes I know how bemoan is actually spelled.
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Every year those of us engaged in the world of books and the written word bemoan losses in publishing.
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Replays showed the striker was offside as Huth played the ball on in a crowded penalty area, leaving the Derby County manager, Nigel Clough, to bemoan his luck.
Stoke City's cup concentration pays dividends at Derby County 2012
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Mourinho described the second leg in Barcelona as "mission impossible" as he continued to bemoan his side's treatment by the referee.
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Replays showed the striker was offside as Huth played the ball on in a crowded penalty area, leaving the Derby County manager, Nigel Clough, to bemoan his luck.
Stoke's concentration on the cups pays dividends at Derby 2012
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And so, finally, as others bemoan the death of American leadership, a candidate has the hubris to invoke a grand dream and the media and others pile on.
Rick Tumlinson: Big Ideas in Small Times Rick Tumlinson 2012
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Mourinho described the second leg in Barcelona as "mission impossible" as he continued to bemoan his side's treatment by the referee.
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And so, finally, as others bemoan the death of American leadership, a candidate has the hubris to invoke a grand dream and the media and others pile on.
Rick Tumlinson: Big Ideas in Small Times Rick Tumlinson 2012
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It noted that if it did repatriate cash it could change the company's effective tax rate; companies typically bemoan the high taxes on repatriated cash, and hope the U.S. government declares a temporary tax break on repatriation as it has occasionally done in the past.
Hasbro Profit Slips 15% on Weak Board-Game Sales Maxwell Murphy 2011
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And so, finally, as others bemoan the death of American leadership, a candidate has the hubris to invoke a grand dream and the media and others pile on.
Rick Tumlinson: Big Ideas in Small Times Rick Tumlinson 2012
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