bewail v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: {deplore}, {lament}, {bewail}, {bemoan}]
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]
Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. i. To express grief; to lament. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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