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adjective

as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning the doctor assured us that my father was not in any danger of dying, hence those bewailing looks on our faces were uncalled-for

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bewailing

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verb

present participle of bewail
as in mourning
to feel or express sorrow for he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewailing
  1. weeping
  2. mourning
  3. mournful
  4. lamenting
  5. heartbroken
  6. funeral
  7. wailing
  8. bitter
Adjective
  • 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
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Definition of weeping
Verb
  • This memory of the body’s muscle enacted in the gesture of cutting, moved from anger to mindfulness to mourning for all that was lost in that claiming of art.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Yet as black became a defining color of modern fashion, most famously through Gabrielle Chanel’s little black dress of 1926, its association with mourning gradually loosened.
    — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of mourning
Adjective
  • East Suffolk, a windblown span of marshy coastland, has a reputation for stark, mournful beauty, and for drawing creative people with a taste for isolation and escape.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • And after Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl died in 2024, dozens of mournful fans gathered to say goodbye to the beloved creature who flew around Manhattan and became a joy to many after someone let him out of his zoo enclosure the previous year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of mournful
Verb
  • Shapira fills a plate with a crab cake, two chicken tenders, and a salad, lamenting the fattiness of American food.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026
  • What Baldwin is lamenting is our tendency to fall back on binaries — right and wrong, good and evil — rather than to struggle with complexity.
    — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of lamenting
Adjective
  • The woman never brought Melissa back, leaving a heartbroken Apantenco wondering what had become of her baby.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Mike Sweeney’s tutor Royals Hall of Famer Mike Sweeney was heartbroken to learn of Benzinger’s passing.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of heartbroken
Adjective
  • The broadcaster reported that more than a hundred people had gathered in and around the church for a funeral procession.
    — Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Talking about wills, medical wishes, funeral arrangements or who will handle the finances if a parent becomes incapacitated can feel intrusive, particularly when a parent is still healthy and independent.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of funeral
Adjective
  • 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
Definition of wailing
Adjective
  • In the ensuing decade, lawyers at Texas Instruments and at Fairchild fought a bitter court battle over the patent.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • And as a bitter midterm campaign season enters its final weeks, Bouchon and Goldhirsh understand the stakes.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of bitter
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