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Synonyms for bemoan
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-mohn |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈmoʊn |
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Définition of bemoan
Origin :- Old English bemænan "to bemoan, wail, lament;" see be- + moan (v.). Related: Bemoaned; bemoaning.
- verb express sorrow
- People grieve and bemoan themselves, but it is not half so bad with them as they say.
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I hold it folly in him who must die that he should bemoan himself.
- Extract from : « Myths and Legends of All Nations » by Various
- After such a fight, are you fool enough to bemoan a victory?
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
- Opening out her bundle of dried meat, she began to eat and bemoan her fate.
- Extract from : « The Hot Swamp » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Boys, we must not bemoan our loss in the face of such a catastrophe as this.
- Extract from : « Patience Wins » by George Manville Fenn
- What I bemoan is the growing prevalence of the brutal truth.
- Extract from : « Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- They speak of their wives and children, and bemoan their own probable fate.
- Extract from : « Storm Warriors » by John Gilmore
- I returned home on the 8th, full of sadness, and to bemoan my loss.
- Extract from : « The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2) » by John Evelyn
- And yet do they always try to win, and do not bemoan their fate if they lose.
- Extract from : « The Spirit of the Links » by Henry Leach
- I bemoan them not who can make a din, and all the fields ado, for a lost Saviour.
- Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
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