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View synonyms for bewail
bewail
/ bɪˈweɪl /
verb
- to express great sorrow over (a person or thing); lament
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Derived Forms
- beˈwailer, noun
- beˈwailed, adjective
- beˈwailingly, adverb
- beˈwailing, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- be·wailing·ly adverb
- be·wailment noun
- unbe·wailed adjective
- unbe·wailing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
I recount this not to bewail my fate, or to dwell in the past.
From The Daily Beast
To bewail the loss of a person we love is a happiness compared with the necessity of living with one we hate.
From Project Gutenberg
Do you remember how those poor girls used to bewail the restrictions to their reading?
From Project Gutenberg
It is better to drop a tear over the inconsistency of human nature, and to bewail those infirmities which cannot be justified.
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Three days afterwards he sailed from the port of the Holy Cross, leaving crowds of the natives to bewail the loss of their chiefs.
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And now that God has granted my prayer, I bewail His way of doing it.
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