Antonyms for bemoan

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bih-mohn

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈmoʊn

Definition of bemoan

Origin : Old English bemænan "to bemoan, wail, lament;" see be- + moan (v.). Related: Bemoaned; bemoaning.

verb express sorrow

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for bemoan

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