Antonyms for bemoaning
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-mohn |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈmoʊn |
Definition of bemoaning
Origin :- Old English bemænan "to bemoan, wail, lament;" see be- + moan (v.). Related: Bemoaned; bemoaning.
- verb express sorrow
- He shrank under the hedges, 'in guilt and sorrow, bemoaning the hardness of his fate.'
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- Some were kneeling in prayer, others cursing and bemoaning their plight.
- Extract from : « Shawn of Skarrow » by James Tandy Ellis
- Hundreds of people are bemoaning the fact that now there can be no graduating parade.
- Extract from : « Starlight Ranch » by Charles King
- Instead he found Charles bemoaning the death of his secretary.
- Extract from : « Charles Frohman: Manager and Man » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman
- Shenac Dhu sighed, as if she had been bemoaning his poverty.
- Extract from : « Shenac's Work at Home » by Margaret Murray Robertson
- That very morning Mary had been bemoaning herself as to her hard condition.
- Extract from : « Dr. Wortle's School » by Anthony Trollope
- Walters did not see it for a few moments, but kept on bemoaning his condition.
- Extract from : « Sail Ho! » by George Manville Fenn
- She found her, as Thekla said, awake now, and bemoaning herself bitterly.
- Extract from : « Robin Tremayne » by Emily Sarah Holt
- It was Mrs. Hoffman, bemoaning the loss of her shawl and Sunday hat.
- Extract from : « Children of the Tenements » by Jacob A. Riis
- Porous was bemoaning the death of Slim Travennes and Hopalong frowned.
- Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up » by Clarence Edward Mulford
Synonyms for bemoaning
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