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Definition of Bewail
1. Verb. Regret strongly. "They bewail that there was a traffic accident "; "We lamented the loss of benefits"
Generic synonyms: Complain, Kick, Kvetch, Plain, Quetch, Sound Off
Derivative terms: Lamentable, Lamenter
Definition of Bewail
1. v. t. To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.
2. v. i. To express grief; to lament.
Definition of Bewail
1. Verb. To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bewail
1. to lament [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: lament
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bewail
Literary usage of Bewail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"Perhaps with some grey head this may prevail With Christ to fall in love, and
sin bewail. Tell them also how Master Fearing went On pilgrimage, ..."
2. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"bewail with me, my sound and healthful body, will, and soul; bewail with me my
senses, for you have had your part and pleasure as well as I. Oh! envy and ..."
3. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"'Tis not to cry God mercy, or to sit And droop, or to confess that thou hast
fail'd : 'Tis to bewail the sins thou didst commit, And not commit those sins ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... her marriage was performed with some obscure and nominal husband, before she
was immured in a perpetual prison, to bewail those crimes and misfortunes, ..."
5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... brethren's offences, and the appellants, who at first deplored their losses
only, had generally to bewail their own folly in seeking to recover damages. ..."
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