bemoan

[ bih-mohn ]

/ bɪˈmoʊn /

to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.

to regard with regret or disapproval.

Origin of bemoan

before 1000; be- + moan; replacing bemene, Middle English bimenen, Old English bimǣnan ( bi- be- + mǣnan to moan)

be·moan·ing·ly, adverb un·be·moaned, adjective

bemean, bemedaled, bemelmans, bemidji, bemire, bemoan, bemock, bemuddle, bemuse, bemused, ben

They bemoan the fact that poker games are too often delayed because people get up to take smoke breaks.

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He will then bemoan a vague “lack of political will” or “absence of leadership” as the reason for the inertia.

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But some bemoan the way the kids have transformed their city, and nowhere is that change more visible than The Bywater.

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Not to mention the fragrant Ms. Hasselbeck bemoan the fact that we now live in the "divided states of America."

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I just heard Anderson Cooper bemoan the fact that he had seen no heavy earth moving equipment on the scene.

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I know that you bemoan the manner in which he has been brought up; but such late repentance must be avoided like poison.

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Moshe-for-once was a man who hated to boast of his good fortune, or to bemoan his ill-fortune.

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It is idle, in view of what may be a lasting return to native models, to bemoan their desertion.

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To one I say, 'You regret having no children, or bemoan those you have lost; here are some that God has sent you.'

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The lawlessness which so many Americans bemoan in American life must be traced to the inefficiency of the state governments.

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bemoan

/ (bɪˈməʊn) /

to grieve over (a loss, etc); mourn; lament (esp in the phrase bemoan one's fate)

Old English bemǣnan; see be-, moan