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BEWAIL
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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
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.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
