bemoan
Verb
Verb Forms: bemoaned, bemoaning, bemoans
- To express discontent or sorrow over something.
- regret strongly
- To moan or complain about (something).
- To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them.
Examples
- Don’t bemoan your bad tiles; every Scrabble player gets a rack of vowels eventually.
- He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
bewail, deplore, lament, beef, begrieve, bellyache, bemoan, beweep, bitch, bleat, carp, chunter, complain, condole, crab, croak, dump on, frine, girn, give out, grieve, grieven, gripe, grotch, grouch, grouse, grumble, grump, gruntle, harp, inveigh, keen, kvetch, latrate, make a stink, mean, moan, mourn, murmur, mutter, nag, nark, nudzh, pinch, pine, piss and moan, rail, repine, ride, sigh, snivel, sorrow, wail, wayment, whine, whinge
Scrabble Score: 10
bemoan: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbemoan: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bemoan: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary