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bemoan

verb
/bɪˈməʊn/UK/bɪˈmoʊn/US

Etymology

From Middle English bemenen, bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan (“to bemoan, bewail, lament”); equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + moan. Alteration of vowel from Middle to Modern English due to analogy with moan.

  1. inherited from bemǣnan
  2. inherited from bemenen

Definitions

  1. To moan or complain about (something).

    • He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
    • The losse of this erle was greatly bemoned by men of al degrees, for he was liberal, gentle, humble, and curteous to eche one […]
    • […] after deliberately marrying General Shaw with no warmer feeling than respect for his character and establishment, [she] was constantly, though quietly, bemoaning her hard lot in being united to one whom she could not love.

  2. To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or…

    To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them.

    • Son. Was ever son so rued a father’s death? Father. Was ever father so bemoan’d his son?
    • Sure you take mee not to be made of flesh, or if so, yet not to be sensible that thinke me able to beare these burthens without bemoning my selfe.
    • My rest might have been blissful enough, only a sad heart broke it. […] It trembled for Mr. Rochester and his doom: it bemoaned him with bitter pity […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA