bewail
/bɪˈweɪl/
bewail verb: to wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
Verb
bewail (third-person singular simple present bewails, present participle bewailing, simple past and past participle bewailed)
- To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- […] Though in this city he
Hath widow’d and unchilded many a one,
Which to this hour bewail the injury,
Yet he shall have a noble memory.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]... - And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 8:52
- […] Though in this city he
bewail meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
bewail in Urdu
- غم کرنا, گریہ زاری کرنا, ماتم کرنا
bewail in Bengali
- বিলাপ করা, শোক প্রকাশ করা, অনুতাপ করা
bewail in Malayalam
- bemoan, lament, mourn
- ഉറക്കെ കരയുക, വിലപിക്കുക, നിലവിളിക്കുക, കരയുക, പുലമ്പുക, അനുതപിക്കുക
bewail in Kannada
- ಗೋಳಿಡು, ಗೋಳಾಡು
More languagesFewer languages
- bewail in Sanskrit
- रुद् rud
- bewail in Indonesian
- menangisi
Synonyms of bewail
11 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of bewail
| third-person singular present | bewails |
|---|---|
| present participle | bewailing |
| past participle | bewailed |
| past | bewailed |
Origin of bewail
From Middle English bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) + wail.
Words formed from bewail
Words that rhyme with bewail
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
Questions about bewail
- What does bewail mean?
- Bewail means to wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- What is bewail in Urdu?
- Bewail in Urdu is غم کرنا, گریہ زاری کرنا, ماتم کرنا. See Bewail meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is bewail?
- Bewail is a verb.
- How do you pronounce bewail?
- Bewail is pronounced /bɪˈweɪl/.
- What is the past tense of bewail?
- The past tense of bewail is bewailed.
Words near bewail in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bewail (page history and authors); bewail (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bewail (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bewail (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); bewail (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रुद् (Sanskrit) (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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