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expressing or suggesting mourning
- one parishioner who always seems to have a bemoaning expression on her face
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- dirgelike,
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- melancholy
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- tearful
Near Antonyms for bemoaning
- ecstatic,
- elated,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
bemoaning
verb
present participle of bemoan
Synonyms & Antonyms of bemoaning (Entry 2 of 2)
1
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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2
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
- a think piece bemoaning the coarsening of our society over the last several decades
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- delighting (in),
- enjoying,
- relishing,
- reveling (in)
- (or revelling (in)),
- savoring
- (also savouring)
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“Bemoaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoaning. Accessed 27 Sep. 2021.
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