bewail

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US /bɪˈweɪl/ UK /bɪˈweɪl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to express great sorrow or lamentation over something

The poet bewailed the loss of his youth in elegiac verse.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to express great sorrow or... lament mourn bemoan deplore grieve rue

Opposites

rejoice celebrate

Word family

Derived forms bewailerbewailing

Related forms wail

Etymology

From be- (intensive) + wail, from Middle English wailen, probably from Old Norse væla ('to wail'), of imitative origin.

be- Old English væla Old Norse

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