bemoan

(bĭ-mōn')
tr.v., -moaned, -moan·ing, -moans.

1. To express grief over; lament.
2. 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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Definition: express sorrow
Antonyms: be happy, gloat

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• Expressions of Feeling - bemoan: complain; express regret

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - begræde, klage over

Nederlands (Dutch)
betreuren

Français (French)
v. tr. - déplorer, pleurer

Deutsch (German)
v. - beklagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θρηνώ, ολοφύρομαι

Italiano (Italian)
lamentare, rimpiangere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - lamentar

Русский (Russian)
оплакать

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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