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- Dictionarybemoan/bɪˈməʊn/
verb
- 1. express discontent or sorrow over (something): "it was no use bemoaning her lot"
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The meaning of BEMOAN is to express deep grief or distress over. How to use bemoan in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Bemoan.
to complain or express sadness about something: Researchers at universities are always bemoaning their lack of funds. Synonyms. bewail literary. deplore formal. lament. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complaining. be/go on at someone idiom. bellyaching. bewail. brouhaha. bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom. carping. clamour.
Bemoan definition: to express distress or grief over; lament. See examples of BEMOAN used in a sentence.
to complain or express sadness about something: Researchers at universities are always bemoaning their lack of funds. Synonyms. bewail literary. deplore formal. lament. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complaining. be/go on at someone idiom. bellyaching. bewail. brouhaha. bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom. carping. complain.
To grieve over (a loss, etc); mourn; lament (esp in the phrase bemoan one's fate).... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Just about any bad or annoying thing can be bemoaned. In fact, people love to bemoan how much other people are moaning and groaning about things! Definitions of bemoan. verb. regret strongly. synonyms: bewail, deplore, lament. see more.
1. to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate. 2. to regard with regret or disapproval. [before 1000; re-formation of earlier bemene, Middle English bimenen, Old English bimǣnan; see be -, moan] be•moan′ing•ly, adv.
