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bemoaned

bemoaned is the simple past and past participle of bemoan.

Meaning of bemoan

Verb

bemoan (third-person singular simple present bemoans, present participle bemoaning, simple past and past participle bemoaned)

  1. (transitive) To moan or complain about (something).
    • He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
  2. (reflexive, transitive) 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...

Questions about bemoaned

What is bemoaned the simple past and past participle of?
Bemoaned is the simple past and past participle of bemoan.

Words near bemoaned in the dictionary

  1. bemixt
  2. Bemm River
  3. Bemment
  4. bemoan
  5. bemoanable
  6. bemoaned
  7. bemoaner
  8. bemoaners
  9. bemoaning
  10. bemoaningly
  11. bemoanings

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