Bewail
[bɪ'weɪl] or [bɪ'wel]
Definition
(v. t.) To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.
(v. i.) To express grief; to lament.
Checker: Witt
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Bemoan, lament, deplore, mourn for, mourn over, express sorrow for.
v. n. Mourn, lament, sorrow, grieve.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lament, deplore, rue, bemoan, sorrow, grieve, mourn_for
ANT:Exult, hail, rejoice, welcome, greet
Typist: Zamenhof
Definition
v.t. to lament: to mourn loudly over (esp. the dead).—v.i. to utter lamentations.—adjs. Bewail′able Bewail′ing.
Editor: Mervin
Examples
- How many times do you read of such as I who spring into the tide, and leave no living thing, to care for, or bewail them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He was too well accustomed to suffering, and had suffered too much where he was, to bewail the prospect of change very severely. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- As he was thus bewailing his misfortunes, he stumbled over a charred timber and fell flat on the ground. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She was so pathetic in her sobbing and bewailing, that I felt as if I had said I don't know what to hurt her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She spoke about her husband's passion for dice with the deepest grief; she bewailed it to everybody who came to her house. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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