1
as in to mourn
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 to regret
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 bemoan
Others have bemoaned losing more 4-year-olds — a lucrative client demographic — to the St. Paul Public Schools’ expanded free pre-kindergarten offerings, which switched from half-day to full-day programming in the fall of 2022.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
Playing two skeezy suburbanites likely from New Jersey or Long Island, Sherman and Yang worked off one another like a finely tuned orchestra, heaping praise upon the chain restaurant Applebees and bemoaning its recent bankruptcy.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
But Cramer bemoaned Boeing, saying the company has a hard time making its planes, so its cash flow is not ideal.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Research finds that Asian elephants in Western zoos don’t live as long as wild elephants, and elephant researchers often bemoan the limited space, stimulation, and companionship available to elephants in captivity.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
Playing two skeezy suburbanites likely from New Jersey or Long Island, Sherman and Yang worked off one another like a finely tuned orchestra, heaping praise upon the chain restaurant Applebees and bemoaning its recent bankruptcy.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
But Cramer bemoaned Boeing, saying the company has a hard time making its planes, so its cash flow is not ideal.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Research finds that Asian elephants in Western zoos don’t live as long as wild elephants, and elephant researchers often bemoan the limited space, stimulation, and companionship available to elephants in captivity.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bemoan
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Mahaffey's husband, actor and director Joseph Kell, mourned her death in a statement to EW.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
31 May 2025
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But while friends and family of the teen mourned her premature death, anti-trans commentators on X turned Fosgate’s last posts into an whirlwind of transphobia — misgendering her, mocking her, and celebrating her family’s loss.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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But Myhill stopped, hesitated, stuttered, regretted every one of his life decisions that had led him to this point, weighed up his options… and kicked it out for a corner.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Furthermore, you might be misled with financial matters and then later regret something.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 May 2025
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The 40-year-old driver lamented countless issues with the No. 8 Chevrolet throughout the weekend of the Coca-Cola 600.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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One day after lamenting that his Indy 500 debut occurred amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indiana Dairy Association and his Arrow McLaren team came through for him.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Bemoan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoan. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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