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Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for their giddily chic designer duplexes. Others bemoan art being treated as a commodity. But most of the bemoaning is because the art world is stuffed full of bemoaners, bemoaning about everything.
Charles Saatchi

Meaning of "bemoan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEMOAN

Old English bemǣnan.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BEMOAN

bemoan  [bɪˈməʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEMOAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bemoan is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bemoan in English.

WHAT DOES BEMOAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bemoan in the English dictionary

The definition of bemoan in the dictionary is to grieve over ; mourn; lament.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEMOAN

PRESENT

Present
I bemoan
you bemoan
he/she/it bemoans
we bemoan
you bemoan
they bemoan
Present continuous
I am bemoaning
you are bemoaning
he/she/it is bemoaning
we are bemoaning
you are bemoaning
they are bemoaning
Present perfect
I have bemoaned
you have bemoaned
he/she/it has bemoaned
we have bemoaned
you have bemoaned
they have bemoaned
Present perfect continuous
I have been bemoaning
you have been bemoaning
he/she/it has been bemoaning
we have been bemoaning
you have been bemoaning
they have been bemoaning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bemoaned
you bemoaned
he/she/it bemoaned
we bemoaned
you bemoaned
they bemoaned
Past continuous
I was bemoaning
you were bemoaning
he/she/it was bemoaning
we were bemoaning
you were bemoaning
they were bemoaning
Past perfect
I had bemoaned
you had bemoaned
he/she/it had bemoaned
we had bemoaned
you had bemoaned
they had bemoaned
Past perfect continuous
I had been bemoaning
you had been bemoaning
he/she/it had been bemoaning
we had been bemoaning
you had been bemoaning
they had been bemoaning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bemoan
you will bemoan
he/she/it will bemoan
we will bemoan
you will bemoan
they will bemoan
Future continuous
I will be bemoaning
you will be bemoaning
he/she/it will be bemoaning
we will be bemoaning
you will be bemoaning
they will be bemoaning
Future perfect
I will have bemoaned
you will have bemoaned
he/she/it will have bemoaned
we will have bemoaned
you will have bemoaned
they will have bemoaned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bemoaning
you will have been bemoaning
he/she/it will have been bemoaning
we will have been bemoaning
you will have been bemoaning
they will have been bemoaning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bemoan
you would bemoan
he/she/it would bemoan
we would bemoan
you would bemoan
they would bemoan
Conditional continuous
I would be bemoaning
you would be bemoaning
he/she/it would be bemoaning
we would be bemoaning
you would be bemoaning
they would be bemoaning
Conditional perfect
I would have bemoan
you would have bemoan
he/she/it would have bemoan
we would have bemoan
you would have bemoan
they would have bemoan
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bemoaning
you would have been bemoaning
he/she/it would have been bemoaning
we would have been bemoaning
you would have been bemoaning
they would have been bemoaning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bemoan
we let´s bemoan
you bemoan
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bemoan
Past participle
bemoaned
Present Participle
bemoaning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEMOAN


allomone
ˈæləˌməʊn
gamone
ˈɡæməʊn
hormone
ˈhɔːməʊn
kairomone
ˈkaɪrəˌməʊn
moan
məʊn
Mon
məʊn
mown
məʊn
neurohormone
ˈnjʊərəʊˌhɔːməʊn
new-mown
ˌnjuːˈməʊn
parathormone
ˌpærəˈθɔːməʊn
pheromone
ˈfɛrəˌməʊn
phytohormone
ˌfaɪtəʊˈhɔːməʊn
psammon
ˈsæməʊn
unmown
ʌnˈməʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEMOAN

bemazed
Bemba
bembex
Bembo
bemean
bemedal
bemete
bemingle
bemire
bemist
bemoaner
bemock
bemoil
bemonster
bemouth
bemud
bemuddle
bemuffle
bemurmur
bemuse

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEMOAN

bank loan
blue roan
eoan
groan
home loan
interlibrary loan
Joan
jumbo loan
koan
loan
metazoan
on loan
personal loan
red roan
roan
Samoan
savings and loan
Sloan
student loan
Zoan

Synonyms and antonyms of bemoan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEMOAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bemoan» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bemoan

Translation of «bemoan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEMOAN

Find out the translation of bemoan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bemoan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bemoan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

惋惜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lamentarse de
570 millions of speakers

English

bemoan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पश्चाताप करते हैं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ينتحب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оплакивать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lamentar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিলাপ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déplorer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bemoan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beklagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不平を漏らす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한탄하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bemoan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phàn nàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विस्मित करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sızlanmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lamentare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opłakuje
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оплакувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deplânge
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

παραπονούνται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bejammeren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bemoan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beklage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bemoan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEMOAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEMOAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bemoan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bemoan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bemoan

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QUOTES WITH «BEMOAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bemoan.
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Charles Saatchi
Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for their giddily chic designer duplexes. Others bemoan art being treated as a commodity. But most of the bemoaning is because the art world is stuffed full of bemoaners, bemoaning about everything.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEMOAN»

Discover the use of bemoan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bemoan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
... imagine, believe, deem ?5 BELOVED— amiable, lovely, beloved 378 BELOW — under, below, beneath 279 TO BEMOAN— to bewail, bemoan, lament, deplore *10 BEND— bend, bent 316 TO BEND— to lean, Incline, bend 159 TO SEND— ...
George Crabb, 1851
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Footsteps of the holy Child: or, Lessons on the Incarnation
Could we hear thee thou would'st say, ' Let all your grief be cleared away, What you call death do not bemoan, 'Twas going Home ! " ' Home ! with my white robes all unstained, Safe Home ! ere ought of earth had pained, Then sure you should ...
Thomas Thellusson Carter, 1868
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO BEWAIL, BEMOAN, LA MENT. BEWAIL is compounded of be and wail, which is probably connected with the word woe, signifying to express sorrow. BEMOAN, compounded of be and moan, signifies to indicate grief with moans. LAMENT ...
George Crabb, 1837
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English synonymes explained in alphabetical order with ...
TO BEWAIL, BEMOAN, LAMENT. BEWAIL is compounded of be and wail, which is probably connected with the word tcoc, signifying to express sorrow. BEMOAN', compounded of be and moan, signifies to indicate grief with moans. LAMENT ...
George Crabb, 1887
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO BEWAIL, BEMOAN, LANIENT. ' BEWAIL is compounded of be and mail, which is probably connected with the word woe, signifying to express sorrow. BEMOAN compounded of be and moan, signifies to indicate grief with moans. LAMENT ...
George Crabb, 1818
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English synonymes, with copious illustrations and ...
TO BEWAIL, BEMOAN, LAMENT, DEPLORE. Bewail is compounded of be ;ind mail, which is probably connected with the wonl a:«, signifying to ед press sorrow ; bemoan, coiupi iu mied of be and moan, signifies lo indicate grief with moans; ...
George Crabb, 1854
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Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New and Original Work of ...
Ъё-mö'an, *be-mö'ne, v.t. ¿к i [En^. prefix be, and moan, v. ; Ä.S. bemcenan = to bemoan, to lament] A- Trails. : To moan over, to deplore, to bewail, to lament. "... Enter not Into the noua* of mourning, neither rö to Initient nor bemoan them.
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English Synonymes
Email is compounded of be and mail, which is probably connected with the word we, signifying to express sorrow; bemoan, compounded ol be and moan, signifies to indicate grief with moans ,- lament, in French lamenter, Latin lamentor or ...
G. Crabb
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The Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New and Original Work of ...
[Eng. prefix be, and moan, v. ; A.8. bcm&nan = to bemoan, to lament] A. Trans. : To moan over, to deplore, to bewail, to lament. "... Enter not Into the hooee of mourning, neither gt> to lament iior bvmoan them," — Jer. xvt. S. H It is sometimes ...
Robert Hunter, 1879
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Crabb's English Synonymes
BEWAIL, Bemoan, Lament. For the derivation of bewail see wail. Bemoan is derived from the verbal prefix be and Anglo-Saxon maman, to mean, intend. Moan in Middle English means both a communication and a complaint; its significance is ...
George Crabb A.M., 1917

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEMOAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bemoan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Residents bemoan flooding in homes
A basement wall of the house next door to Chuck and Kay Hutka on Orville Drive collapsed and was rebuilt. Residents are still dealing with ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
2
Nibali, Quintana bemoan bad luck
Zeeland - Reigning champion Vincenzo Nibali complained of "bad luck" on Sunday after he lost almost a minute and a half to two of his main ... «Sport24, Jul 15»
3
Neighbors bemoan loss of Mansfield golf course to home builders
Willowdale Golf Course in Mansfield. Houses may be built on the land. Golfers wait their turn on the tee. Willowdale Golf Course GN. «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Insurance Operators Bemoan High Company Income Tax
Insurance industry operators have expressed worry over the heavy tax burden placed on them by the Companies Income Tax Amendment Act ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
5
New Hampshire Voters Bemoan Size of GOP Field
AMHERST, N.H. — The Independence Day parades across New Hampshire on Saturday turned into parades of presidential candidates, and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Ebocha Explosion: Host Communities Bemoan Devastation …As …
Ebocha Explosion: Host Communities Bemoan Devastation …As Agip Loses 1.5m Barrels Of Crude. Posted by admin on Jul 3rd, 2015 and filed under News. «The Tide, Jul 15»
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Why I bemoan the ploughing on of Chelsea Tractors
WITH all the recent fuss about athletes using drugs, pumped-up cyclists and rugby players who lack only the green skin of The Hulk, has ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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Marcus: Don't bemoan the backlash on marriage ruling
Writing a judicial opinion can be like fencing. One of the most effective ways to jab at an opponent is to use his -- or her -- words to make your ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jun 15»
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Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero bemoan their scoring difficulties at …
CONCEPCION, CHILE // World Cup runners-up Argentina came to the Copa America in Chile as favourites and were expected to put plenty of ... «The National, Jun 15»
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Residents bemoan boost in train traffic
SANDPOINT - Former presidential candidate Ross Perot coined the phrase, "giant sucking sound," during his failed 1992 presidential bid. «Coeur d'Alene Press, Jun 15»

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