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
Others have bemoaned losing more 4-year-olds — a lucrative client demographic — to the St. Paul Public Schools’ expanded free pre-kindergarten offerings, which switched from half-day to full-day programming in the fall of 2022.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
Playing two skeezy suburbanites likely from New Jersey or Long Island, Sherman and Yang worked off one another like a finely tuned orchestra, heaping praise upon the chain restaurant Applebees and bemoaning its recent bankruptcy.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
But Cramer bemoaned Boeing, saying the company has a hard time making its planes, so its cash flow is not ideal.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Research finds that Asian elephants in Western zoos don’t live as long as wild elephants, and elephant researchers often bemoan the limited space, stimulation, and companionship available to elephants in captivity.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
Playing two skeezy suburbanites likely from New Jersey or Long Island, Sherman and Yang worked off one another like a finely tuned orchestra, heaping praise upon the chain restaurant Applebees and bemoaning its recent bankruptcy.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
But Cramer bemoaned Boeing, saying the company has a hard time making its planes, so its cash flow is not ideal.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Research finds that Asian elephants in Western zoos don’t live as long as wild elephants, and elephant researchers often bemoan the limited space, stimulation, and companionship available to elephants in captivity.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bemoan
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The community of 14,000 people mourned the married father of two as a neighborly person who showed up to help others.—
Sophia Tareen,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Henry Long, the father of the victim, released a statement mourning the death of his daughter and calling for Finch to stay in jail.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2025
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But Myhill stopped, hesitated, stuttered, regretted every one of his life decisions that had led him to this point, weighed up his options… and kicked it out for a corner.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Furthermore, you might be misled with financial matters and then later regret something.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 May 2025
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Scarlett Johansson doesn’t feel the Academy properly considered Avengers: Endgame, lamenting that the blockbuster only received a Visual Effects nomination and not a Best Picture nod.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Some drivers have taken out their frustrations by scribbling curses against Uber and its executives on the walls inside the port-a-potties, lamenting the hourslong rides that result in no tips, or the days they’ve been locked out of their accounts with no explanation.—
Eli Tan,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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“Bemoan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoan. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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