Bemoaning

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A moaning or lamentation that is loudly expressed.

    "You may be well assured, that these distressing bemoanings were met with every soothing expression which the deepest interest, so strongly excited, could suggest."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bemoan form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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griefhowlingmoaningmourningpeevishquerulous

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"He had no intention of starting his new life bemoaning everything that had vanished."

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