Bewail

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewailed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Bewailing}.]
     To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail
     over.
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           Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
           Which to this hour bewail the injury.    --Shak.
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     Syn: To bemoan; grieve. -- See {Deplore}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. i.
     To express grief; to lament. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bewail
       v : regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we
           lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: {deplore}, {lament},
            {bemoan}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "bewail":
     be sorry for, bemoan, deplore, dirge, elegize, give sorrow words,
     grieve, keen, knell, lament, moan, mourn, regret, repine, rue,
     rue the day, sigh, sing the blues, sorrow, weep, weep over