bemoaning
bemoaning is the present participle and gerund of bemoan.
Meaning of bemoan
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.
- 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...
- Son. Was ever son so rued a father’s death?
Noun
bemoaning (plural bemoanings)
- A moaning or lamentation that is loudly expressed.
- You may be well assured, that these distressing bemoanings were met with every soothing expression which the deepest interest, so strongly excited, could suggest.1829, Baptist Magazine and Literary Review, volume 21, page 431
Forms of bemoaning
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Questions about bemoaning
- What does bemoaning mean?
- Bemoaning means a moaning or lamentation that is loudly expressed.
- What is bemoaning the present participle and gerund of?
- Bemoaning is the present participle and gerund of bemoan.
- What part of speech is bemoaning?
- Bemoaning is a noun.
- What is the plural of bemoaning?
- The plural of bemoaning is bemoanings.
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