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bewailment

bewailment noun: the act of bewailing.

Noun

bewailment (countable and uncountable, plural bewailments)

  1. (archaic) The act of bewailing.

Forms of bewailment

pluralbewailments

Origin of bewailment

From bewail + -ment.

Questions about bewailment

What does bewailment mean?
Bewailment means the act of bewailing.
What part of speech is bewailment?
Bewailment is a noun.
What is the plural of bewailment?
The plural of bewailment is bewailments.

Words near bewailment in the dictionary

  1. bewailest
  2. bewaileth
  3. bewailing
  4. bewailingly
  5. bewailings
  6. bewailment
  7. bewailments
  8. bewails
  9. bewaistcoated
  10. bewake
  11. bewallow

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