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
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Art eventually processes its history—mourns it, rather.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Amid playoff cheering hockey mourns the suicide of Claude Lemieux at 60.—
Greg Cote
May 31,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
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But on a certain level, Van Gundy will always be a Knicks lifer who regrets resigning from the team a quarter century ago and who was interested in his old job when David Fizdale and Tom Thibodeau were hired instead.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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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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Deedson has played at stadiums now under gang control, and laments that Haitian kids aspiring to make the national team one day can’t use those vital facilities.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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On that song, Chapman laments about his unwillingness to evolve.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2026
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“Bemoans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoans. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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