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20 words match “BEWAIL”

BEWAIL v. 2 definitions
iling; to lament; to wail over. Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak.
BEWAILABLE a.
Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.
BEWAILER n.
One who bewails or laments.
BEWAILING a.
Wailing over; lamenting. -- Be*wail"ing*ly, adv.
BEWAILMENT n.
The act of bewailing.
BEMOAN v.
To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with. Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans. Dryden.
COMPLAIN v.
To lament; to bewail. [Obs.] They might the grievance inwardly complain. Daniel. By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us. Shak.
DEPLORE v.
To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. To find her, or forever to deplore Her loss. Milton. As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. Pope.
ELEGIZE v.
To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail. Carlyle.
LAMENT v.
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden.
LAMENTATION n.
The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping Matt. ii. 18.
LAMENTED a.
Mourned for; bewailed. This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope.
MOAN v.
To bewail audibly; to lament. Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. Prior.
MOURN v.
To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. As if he mourned his rival's ill success. Addison. And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return. Emerson.
PLAIN v.
To lament; to bewail; to complain. [Archaic & Poetic] Milton. We with piteous heart unto you pleyne. Chaucer.
SIN n.
embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. Shak.
UNPLAINED a.
Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented. [Obs.] Spenser.
WAIL v.
To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. Shak.
WEEP v.
To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. "I weep bitterly the dead." A. S. Hardy. We wandering go Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe. Pope.
WIDOW v.
ticiple. Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak.