bewail

from 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}]

from 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.
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         Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
         Which to this hour bewail the injury.    --Shak.
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   Syn: To bemoan; grieve. -- See {Deplore}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. i.
   To express grief; to lament. --Shak.
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from 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

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