bewail

4 definitions found

bewail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. i.
     To express grief; to lament. --Shak.
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bewail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bewail
      v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we
           lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament,
           bewail, bemoan]

bewail - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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