bewailed

verb

past tense of bewail
as in mourned
to feel or express sorrow for he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it

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  1. mourned
  2. lamented
  3. regretted
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  • Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Riley Green, and more mourned Anderson, and honored the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s generational talent.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Dustin Hada, the head coach of Southern Nazarene’s football program, also mourned the loss of his player on social media.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of mourned
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  • The shift may have been good for business, but users often lamented that lack of control, complaining that the recommendation algorithms could send them down rabbit holes of irrelevant or even toxic content.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Though Las Vegas rallied to tie the game in the fourth, Cousins lamented what that sequence in the third meant to the outcome.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of lamented
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  • Sirianni stood by his decision on that sequence but regretted kicking the ball in play to Ameer Abdullah on the ensuing kickoff, after Abdullah’s 53-yard return in seven seconds set up Jacksonville’s game-winning kick.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Eagles coach Nick Sirianni immediately regretted the decision.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of regretted
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