bemoan
Syllables: be·moan/bɪˈməʊn/US/bɪˈmoʊn/
bemoan verb: to moan or complain about (something).
Verb
bemoan (third-person singular simple present bemoans, present participle bemoaning, simple past and past participle bemoaned)
- To moan or complain about (something).
- He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
- The losse of this erle was greatly bemoned by men of al degrees, for he was liberal, gentle, humble, and curteous to eche one […]1577, Raphael Holinshed, “King Richard the seconde”, in The Chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande, London: John Hunne, page 1075
- To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them.
- Son. Was ever son so rued a father’s death?
Father. Was ever father so bemoan’d his son?c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard... - Sure you take mee not to be made of flesh, or if so, yet not to be sensible that thinke me able to beare these burthens without bemoning my selfe.1640, George Abbot, The Whole Booke of Iob Paraphrased, London, Chapter 6, verse 12, pp. 40-41
- Son. Was ever son so rued a father’s death?
bemoan meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
bemoan in Tamil
- எண்ணி இரங்கு, துயருறு, புலம்பு, வருந்தி ஏங்கு
bemoan in Bengali
- শোক প্রকাশ করা, বিলাপ করা, অনুতাপ করা
bemoan in Malayalam
- mourn, lament, bewail
- വിലപിക്കുക, പരിദേവനം ചെയ്യുക, കരയുകയും പറയുകയും ചെയ്യുക, ദുഃഖത്തോടു കൂടി പുലമ്പുക, നിലവിളിക്കുക, ഖേദിക്കുക
bemoan in Kannada
- ಅಳು, ಹಲುಬು, ಕಕ್ಕುಲತೆಬಡು, ಕಕ್ಕುಲತೆಪಡು, ಕಕ್ಕುಲಿತೆಬಡು, ರೋದಿಸು
Examples of bemoan in a sentence
- Hogg,” Helena would say often when Georgina bemoaned her husband’s desertion.1957, Muriel Spark, chapter 7, in The Comforters, New York: Avon, published 1965, page 155:
- Sixty? ‘You’ll have to speak to her, Cyril,’ she’d have told him, before bemoaning how respectable this street was before they came.2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 9, in Small Island, London: Review, page 112:
- Rochester and his doom: it bemoaned him with bitter pity […]1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter II, in Jane Eyre. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […]...
Synonyms of bemoan
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Forms of bemoan
| third-person singular present | bemoans |
|---|---|
| present participle | bemoaning |
| past participle | bemoaned |
| past | bemoaned |
Origin of bemoan
From Middle English bemenen, bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan (“to bemoan, bewail, lament”); equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + moan. Alteration of vowel from Middle to Modern English due to analogy with moan.
Words formed from bemoan
Words that rhyme with bemoan
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- moan
- throne
- atone
- clone
- crone
- prone
- depone
- hone
- loan
- cologne
- condone
- disenthrone
- disown
- eau de cologne
- enthrone
- groan
- intone
- roan
- Sloan
- Sloane
- thrown
- unknown
- cobblestone
- Copplestone
- grown
- joan
- known
- none
- overgrown
- pension
- phone
- postpone
- redstone
- sone
- Stallone
- answer phone
- arthron
- beknown
- cauterizing stone
- compone
- crosne
- crown
- cuboidal bone
- cuttlefish bone
- Ediphone
- enzone
- flown
- Four Shire Stone
Questions about bemoan
- What does bemoan mean?
- Bemoan means to moan or complain about (something).
- What is bemoan in Tamil?
- Bemoan in Tamil is எண்ணி இரங்கு, துயருறு, புலம்பு. See Bemoan meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use bemoan in a sentence?
- Hogg,” Helena would say often when Georgina bemoaned her husband’s desertion.
- What part of speech is bemoan?
- Bemoan is a verb.
- How do you pronounce bemoan?
- Bemoan is pronounced /bɪˈməʊn/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of bemoan?
- The past tense of bemoan is bemoaned.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bemoan (page history and authors); bemoan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bemoan (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bemoan (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); bemoan (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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