1
as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
bemoaned the death of his wife by writing a series of poignant letters addressed to her
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as in to regret
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
a think piece bemoaning the coarsening of our society over the last several decades
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Recent Examples of bemoan
After decades of hearing Americans bemoan the Europeans having all these form-agnostic killers like Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood who win no matter what, now the U.S. has the best cup player of the 2020s and is nitpicking him?
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Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Investors have long bemoaned weak levels of retail investment in U.K. markets, with the London Stock Exchange itself taking steps to boost participation in recent years, such as removing fees for access to real-time market data.
—Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 July 2025
Generally, the suit bemoans the loss of the partnership that was established with former PVH CEO Manny Chirico and cumulatively produced $16 billion in North American wholesale sales.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
Friends, in particular, should appeal to all the Netflix subscribers who bemoaned the loss of the show.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
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Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Investors have long bemoaned weak levels of retail investment in U.K. markets, with the London Stock Exchange itself taking steps to boost participation in recent years, such as removing fees for access to real-time market data.
—Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 July 2025
Generally, the suit bemoans the loss of the partnership that was established with former PVH CEO Manny Chirico and cumulatively produced $16 billion in North American wholesale sales.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
Friends, in particular, should appeal to all the Netflix subscribers who bemoaned the loss of the show.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bemoan
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Iglesias recently mourned the loss of his two beloved Chihuahuas, Vinnie and Risa.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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Bristol also offered its Peer Support Team along with its support K9 Molly to firefighters in Plainville mourning Moreau.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
29 July 2025
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Conrad is the last to leave the restaurant, his face filled with confusion, maybe regret, and definitely shock.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Duchesne likes Trump policies such as his stance on the border and doesn’t regret voting for him.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Nabarro lamented how politics had begun shifting how governments responded to global health emergencies.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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Boniadi laments that many in the West fail to grasp that most Iranians reject the Islamic Republic.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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“Bemoan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoan. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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