bemoan

English

Etymology

From Middle English bemenen, bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan (“to bemoan, bewail, lament”), equivalent to be- +‎ moan. Alteration of vowel from Middle to Modern English due to analogy with moan.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bɪˈməʊn/, SAMPA: /bI"m@Un/
• (GenAm) IPA: /bɪˈmoʊn/, SAMPA: /bI"moUn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn
• Hyphenation: be‧moan

Verb

bemoan (third-person singular simple present bemoans, present participle bemoaning, simple past and past participle bemoaned)

1. (transitive) to complain about; to dismay or worry about something

   He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.

Translations

to complain about

Armenian: ողբալ (hy) (oġbal) Bulgarian: оплаквам (bg) Finnish: valittaa, voivotella, surkutella, päivitellä (fi) French: déplorer (fr)

Hungarian: megsirat Romanian: boci (ro) Scottish Gaelic: caoidh (gd), caoin (gd)