📖 Definitions of "Bemoans"
verb
- 1
To moan or complain about (something).
"He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn."
- 2
To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bemoans"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bewailverb | To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for. |
| lamentverb | (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. |
| deploreverb | (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of. |
| regretverb | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |
| deploresverb | (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of. |
| lamentsverb | The (also Lamentations or Threnodies; , originally spelled Threny) a series of nineteen threnodies (elegies) written in Polish by Jan Kochanowski and published in 1580. |
| regretsnoun | a polite refusal of an invitation |
| regrettedverb | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |
| ruesverb | (transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place. |
| decriesverb | (transitive) To denounce as harmful. |
| blamesverb | (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative). |
| criticizesverb | To find fault (with something). |
| complainsverb | (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment. |
| assailsverb | (transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively). |
| bewailsverb | To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for. |
| deridesverb | (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn. |
| castigatesverb | (transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely. |
| chidesverb | (transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. |
| chastisesverb | (transitive) To castigate; to scold or censure. |
| despairsverb | (intransitive) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. [(often) with of] |
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