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[syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewailed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bewailing.]
To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail
over.
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Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
Which to this hour bewail the injury. --Shak.
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Syn: To bemoan; grieve. -- See Deplore.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. i.
To express grief; to lament. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bewail
v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we
lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament,
bewail, bemoan]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "bewail":
be sorry for, bemoan, deplore, dirge, elegize, give sorrow words,
grieve, keen, knell, lament, moan, mourn, regret, repine, rue,
rue the day, sigh, sing the blues, sorrow, weep, weep over