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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. regret strongly;
- Example: "I deplore this hostile action"
- Example: "we lamented the loss of benefits"
[syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewailing.] To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over. [1913 Webster] Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To bemoan; grieve. -- See Deplore. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. i. To express grief; to lament. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bewail v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "bewail": be sorry for, bemoan, deplore, dirge, elegize, give sorrow words, grieve, keen, knell, lament, moan, mourn, regret, repine, rue, rue the day, sigh, sing the blues, sorrow, weep, weep over