bemoan
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bemoan
- /bɪˈməʊn/ UK
- /bɪˈmoʊn/ US
Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
From Middle English bemenen, bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan (“to bemoan, bewail, lament”); equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + moan. Alteration of vowel from Middle to Modern English due to analogy with moan.
verb bemoans · bemoaning · bemoaned
- To moan or complain about (something). He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
- To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them. Son. Was ever son so rued a father’s death? Father. Was ever father so bemoan’d his son?
