Synonyms of bemoaning

bemoaning 1 of 2

adjective

as in weeping

expressing or suggesting mourning

one parishioner who always seems to have a bemoaning expression on her face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weeping
• mournful
• heartbroken
• funeral
• grieving
• wailing
• bitter
• lamentable
• sad
• aching
• sorry
• unhappy
• anguished
• woeful
• melancholy
• agonized
• regretful
• bewailing
• plaintive
• crying
• sorrowful
• deploring
• tearful
• doleful
• depressed
• lugubrious
• dolorous
• rueful
• somber
• plangent
• bleak
• funereal
• dark
• morbid
• pathetic
• dolesome
• miserable
• disconsolate
• groaning
• dejected
• darkening
• moaning
• despondent
• dispirited
• keening
• heartsick
• elegiac
• downcast
• inconsolable
• crestfallen
• suffering
• woebegone
• gloomy
• bleeding
• glum
• howling
• forlorn
• moody
• desolate
• brokenhearted
• careworn
• dismal
• gray
• black
• piteous
• downhearted
• wretched
• cheerless
• low
• dirgelike
• yammering
• sullen
• pessimistic
• joyless
• dreary
• bawling
• morose
• heartsore
• low-spirited
• comfortless
• saturnine
• triste

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happy
• triumphant
• delighted
• joyful
• laughing
• smiling
• cheerful
• rejoicing
• cheery
• bright
• exulting
• glorying
• joyous
• merry
• encouraging
• blissful
• cheering
• jolly
• buoyant
• blithe
• optimistic
• hopeful
• mirthful
• lighthearted
• ecstatic
• giddy
• rapturous
• jocund
• rhapsodic
• euphoric
• heady
• blithesome
• elated
• exhilarated

bemoaning

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bemoan

1

as in mourning

to feel or express sorrow for

bemoaned the death of his wife by writing a series of poignant letters addressed to her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mourning
• lamenting
• bewailing
• regretting
• deploring
• wailing (for)
• grieving (for)
• moaning
• weeping
• sobbing
• hurting
• suffering
• crying (for)
• ruing
• keening
• blubbering
• elegizing
• bawling
• sorrowing
• bleeding
• agonizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighting
• rejoicing (in)
• laughing
• smiling
• exulting (in)
• grinning
• cheering
• glorying (in)
• beaming
• joying

2

as in regretting

to feel sorry or dissatisfied about

a think piece bemoaning the coarsening of our society over the last several decades

Synonyms & Similar Words

• regretting
• lamenting
• repenting
• deploring
• ruing
• bewailing
• mourning
• grieving (for)
• aching (for)
• sorrowing (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enjoying
• savoring
• relishing
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bemoaning

Verb

Much has rightly been made of head coach Mike Vrabel bemoaning the Patriots’ lack of depth following their preseason win over the Eagles. — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Perhaps ironically, Lütke’s tweetstorm began as a response to Jordan Grimes bemoaning the current crisis conditions in the housing market. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Others questioned its content, bemoaning its failure to forefront local services, the World Service, and online offerings. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 July 2026

In May 1972, Saijo sent a copy of the book to Snyder, bemoaning the editors’ heavy hand. — Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

Maher opened the conversation by thanking Vance for coming on the show and bemoaning that Democratic politicians won't do so. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 28 June 2026

Lord knows how many years of a college football fan’s life have been spent bemoaning whatever system was in place that year to determine the national champion. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 23 June 2026

This was after central Europeans were already loudly bemoaning the advance of muskrats into the vast Danube watershed. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026

The buildings had become a problem property for Boise State University, according to previous Statesman reporting, with students bemoaning floods, discolored water, mold and asbestos in apartments. — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026