1
as in mourns
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 regrets
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 bemoans
The saucy track bemoans a 335-day dry spell since her last romantic encounter, with double entendres aplenty.
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Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
In the indie film, Hawke transforms himself into the diminutive composer, who regales attendees at Sardi’s bar with anecdotes about his career highs in the theater and bemoans the loss of his former partnership with Richard Rodgers.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
Now, looking back, Spelling bemoans the embarrassment that kept her from speaking out sooner and wants to do her part to normalize the effects of eczema and dismantle the stigma.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2025
Menlo coach bemoans challenges his small roster faces in PAL Bay.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Irina bemoans the waste of her fine education and the lack of poetry and meaning in her work.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
In the indie film, Hawke transforms himself into the diminutive composer, who regales attendees at Sardi’s bar with anecdotes about his career highs in the theater and bemoans the loss of his former partnership with Richard Rodgers.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
Now, looking back, Spelling bemoans the embarrassment that kept her from speaking out sooner and wants to do her part to normalize the effects of eczema and dismantle the stigma.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2025
Menlo coach bemoans challenges his small roster faces in PAL Bay.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Irina bemoans the waste of her fine education and the lack of poetry and meaning in her work.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bemoans
Verb
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The family behind Jimboy’s Tacos mourns its president.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2026
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And a family mourns the loss of their ancestral home in southern Lebanon, when their whole village was levelled by Israel during the conflict.—
Greg Dixon,
NPR,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Perhaps Sylvie now regrets her time in Moscow, even the tenor of her politics.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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There’s a lot Jessi Draper regrets.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
Verb
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The song, which Diamond wrote with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, laments the cooling of a romance in language as direct as the music is florid; the recording, as the story goes, came in response to a homemade edit by a radio programmer eager to hear the two stars sing together.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Barbara Deer and her son Kaleb died in a murder-suicide, officials said, sending shockwaves through Chicago political circles as the city’s West Side laments the losses in one of its most prominent families.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Bemoans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoans. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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