as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
one parishioner who always seems to have a bemoaning expression on her face
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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
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as in regretting
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 bemoaning
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
This all comes off as quite wholesome and healthy and refreshing to the large group of investors who spent the past three years bemoaning the increasing concentration of market value in a small cluster of AI-chasing tech platform giants.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
Agitated fans have taken to the Interwebs by the thousands, bemoaning the fact that the Anaheim Ducks had a losing streak after the fierce fowl’s statue was removed from its prominent perch in front of the stadium before Christmas.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
If friend groups seem ubiquitous, so does a quiet underclass of people like me, bemoaning their lack of them.
—Jenny Singer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
As the complaining businesses are no doubt wringing their hands over the setback, shoppers are also bemoaning the havoc that tariffs have wreaked on their pocketbooks as the final week of holiday shopping ramps up.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
Instead of bemoaning being passed over by Notre Dame, a looming possibility, the UM family was celebrating the gift of a chance, a chance, to win the program’s long-elusive sixth national championship and first since 2001.
—Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
And, now, livermush fans across the Charlotte area are bemoaning their inability to find Neese’s brand Liver Pudding anywhere.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
For most of the year, tennis watchers have been bemoaning the lack of a genuine threat to Sinner and Alcaraz, but here Fritz had the latter on the rack.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
Fans used to agree, complaining when the show would keep mixing former and first-time players, or bemoaning the same faces playing over and over again.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
This all comes off as quite wholesome and healthy and refreshing to the large group of investors who spent the past three years bemoaning the increasing concentration of market value in a small cluster of AI-chasing tech platform giants.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
Agitated fans have taken to the Interwebs by the thousands, bemoaning the fact that the Anaheim Ducks had a losing streak after the fierce fowl’s statue was removed from its prominent perch in front of the stadium before Christmas.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
If friend groups seem ubiquitous, so does a quiet underclass of people like me, bemoaning their lack of them.
—Jenny Singer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
As the complaining businesses are no doubt wringing their hands over the setback, shoppers are also bemoaning the havoc that tariffs have wreaked on their pocketbooks as the final week of holiday shopping ramps up.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
Instead of bemoaning being passed over by Notre Dame, a looming possibility, the UM family was celebrating the gift of a chance, a chance, to win the program’s long-elusive sixth national championship and first since 2001.
—Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
And, now, livermush fans across the Charlotte area are bemoaning their inability to find Neese’s brand Liver Pudding anywhere.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
For most of the year, tennis watchers have been bemoaning the lack of a genuine threat to Sinner and Alcaraz, but here Fritz had the latter on the rack.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bemoaning
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Verb
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Wiz Khalifa is mourning the loss of his father.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
14 Feb. 2026
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Hollywood is in mourning once again after the news broke that Dawson’s Creek alum James Van Der Beek died Wednesday morning.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Millions of Gen Zers are facing unemployment as entry-level office roles get absorbed by AI, and millennials are regretting taking out thousands in student loans for careers that now have significantly diminished prospects.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, the success of his industry satire—co-created by Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez—has resulted in several industry folks regretting their previous rejections of Rogen.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Such memories flowed freely this week on social media and in mournful first-person essays.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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Newsom shakes his head, seeming more mournful than angry.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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Even constantly returns to the slaughter of Nir Oz and other Hamas targets, including the site of the Nova music festival, while also lamenting all those killed on the Palestinian side.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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There are plenty of woeful online tales lamenting ovens breaking and glass shattering under the 800- to 1,000-degrees Fahrenheit heat of a self-cleaning oven cycle.—
Jessica Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Community ‘heartbroken’ over sewage spill Philip Gray used to enjoy paddling down the river in a canoe or floating in an inner tube, beer in hand, toward his home in Cabin John.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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The lyrics emanated from dramatic words and emotions expressed by owner Terry Pegula, football boss Brandon Beane and new head coach about their heartbroken hero.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Varanasi was quite an experience, seeing the funeral pyres.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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At a recent post-funeral luncheon, my friends and I marveled at the spread.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Sitting opposite an old people’s home in a residential corner of Paris’ 14th arrondissement, La Santé’s unassuming presence is only given away by the occasional wailing siren as prisoners are transported to and from the site.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Bemoaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoaning. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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