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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewailed
  1. mourned
  2. lamented
  3. regretted
Verb
  • Many fans also mourned the late Bob Saget, who died in 2022 from accidental blunt head trauma.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • D’Arcy closes the window with an air of steely resolve, and in doing so declares the Rhaenyra who might have mourned her half-sister as dead and gone.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of mourned
Verb
  • Authorities allege Mangione tracked Thompson after laying out plans to kill him in a manifesto that lamented corporate abuse and deadly greed in the health insurance industry.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • For years, Rivian owners have lamented the absence of captain’s chairs in the R1S, noting that the three-row SUV would be much improved with standalone seats instead of a bench in the second row.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of lamented
Verb
  • The bet was clearly a lighthearted joke between friends, but after posting it, the WNBA seems to have regretted the optics of the league promoting two players gambling on a game, which is prohibited in the league’s collective bargaining agreement.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
  • Plenty of incumbents have brushed off the threat Elon Musk posed to their businesses and regretted it.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of regretted
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

bewail
bewailed
bewailing
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Bewailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewailed. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on bewailed

Nglish: Translation of bewailed for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

Is “GIF” Pronounced “Jiff” or “Giff”?

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
image of a green cube out of place in a lineup of red spheres
Odd Word Out: Synonyms Vol. 2 Quiz Figure out which word isn't like the others.
See All