bemoan

American  

[bih-mohn] / bɪˈmoʊn /

verb (used with object)

1. to express distress or grief over; lament.

   to bemoan one's fate.

2. to regard with regret or disapproval.

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bemoan British  

/ bɪˈməʊn /

verb

1. to grieve over (a loss, etc); mourn; lament (esp in the phrase bemoan one's fate )

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Other Word Forms

• bemoaningly adverb
• unbemoaned adjective

Etymology

Origin of bemoan

before 1000; be- + moan; replacing bemene, Middle English bimenen, Old English bimǣnan ( bi- be- + mǣnan to moan)

Example Sentences

Guardiola bemoaned City's wasted chances as Brighton joined Chelsea and Sunderland in successfully frustrating the Spaniard over the last three matches.

From Barron's

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has bemoaned his side's dead ball defending for much of the season.

From Barron's

With the official attendance tally reaching a new high, some longtime researchers bemoaned how unwieldy the conference had become.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chip makers and cloud-computing purveyors have described the demand for their offerings as effectively limitless, with heads of the AI model companies bemoaning capacity constraints and tussling over chip allotments.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rivals bemoaned the free-spending outsider, which had become hard to outbid and was poaching executives from traditional studios with big pay increases.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• deplore
• lament
• mourn
• regret