BEWAIL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they bewail ... he / she / it bewails

Past simple: bewailed

Past participle: bewailed

-ing form: bewailing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regret strongly

Example:

we lamented the loss of benefits

Synonyms:

bemoan; bewail; deplore; lament

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "bewail" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

Context examples:

Then she began to bewail her loss, and said, “Alas! if I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.”