When I had to learn English in school, at times I would bemoan all the irregularities and strange rules.
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Bemoan
//bɪˈməʊn//
Synonyms for "bemoan" (90 found)
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Translations
32 translations across 14 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ողբալ verb (to complain about)
Aromanian
4 entries- arâbdâsescu verb (to complain about)
- arâvdâsescu verb (to complain about)
- butsescu verb (to complain about)
- jilescu verb (to complain about)
Bulgarian
1 entries- оплаквам verb (to complain about)
Czech
3 entries- lamentovat verb (to complain about)
- naříkat verb (to complain about)
- stěžovat si verb (to complain about)
Finnish
4 entries- päivitellä verb (to complain about)
- surkutella verb (to complain about)
- valittaa verb (to complain about)
- voivotella verb (to complain about)
French
1 entries- déplorer verb (to complain about)
German
2 entries- bedauern verb (to complain about)
- beklagen verb (to complain about)
Hungarian
2 entries- kesereg verb (to complain about)
- panaszkodik verb (to complain about)
Italian
1 entries- lamentare verb (to complain about)
Latin
1 entries- comploro verb (to complain about)
Romanian
3 entries- boci verb (to complain about)
- deplânge verb (to complain about)
- jelui verb (to complain about)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- caoidh verb (to complain about)
- caoin verb (to complain about)
Spanish
2 entries- lamentar verb (to complain about)
- quejar verb (to complain about)
Swedish
2 entries- begråta verb (to complain about)
- beklaga verb (to complain about)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
It's not enough to bemoan the greed of the multinational corporations.
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Teachers bemoan students' lack of interest in history.
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He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
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