bemoan
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be·moan
(bĭ-mōn') 
tr.v., -moaned, -moan·ing, -moans.
tr.v., -moaned, -moan·ing, -moans.
- To express grief over; lament.
- To express disapproval of or regret for; deplore: "Tom Brokaw of NBC News recently bemoaned 'the cancer of the sound bite' afflicting Presidential campaigning" (John Tierney).
[Middle English bimonen, alteration (influenced by mone, moan) of bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan : be-, be- + mǣnan, to complain of.]
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- Expressions of Feeling - bemoan: complain; express regret
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Bemoan
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - begræde, klage over
Français (French)
v. tr. - déplorer, pleurer
Deutsch (German)
v. - beklagen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θρηνώ, ολοφύρομαι
Italiano (Italian)
lamentare, rimpiangere
Português (Portuguese)
v. - lamentar
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - lamentar, llorar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - begråta
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
惋惜, 哀叹, 认为遗憾
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 惋惜, 哀歎, 認為遺憾
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 슬퍼하다, 불쌍히 여기다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 嘆く, 悲しむ, 哀れむ
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يندب حظه, تحسر على
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - קונן על
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