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" There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless."
W. Somerset Maugham

Meaning of "bewail" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BEWAIL

bɪˈweɪl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEWAIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bewail 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 bewail in English.

WHAT DOES BEWAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bewail in the English dictionary

The definition of bewail in the dictionary is to express great sorrow over ; lament.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEWAIL

PRESENT

Present
I bewail
you bewail
he/she/it bewails
we bewail
you bewail
they bewail
Present continuous
I am bewailing
you are bewailing
he/she/it is bewailing
we are bewailing
you are bewailing
they are bewailing
Present perfect
I have bewailed
you have bewailed
he/she/it has bewailed
we have bewailed
you have bewailed
they have bewailed
Present perfect continuous
I have been bewailing
you have been bewailing
he/she/it has been bewailing
we have been bewailing
you have been bewailing
they have been bewailing
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 bewailed
you bewailed
he/she/it bewailed
we bewailed
you bewailed
they bewailed
Past continuous
I was bewailing
you were bewailing
he/she/it was bewailing
we were bewailing
you were bewailing
they were bewailing
Past perfect
I had bewailed
you had bewailed
he/she/it had bewailed
we had bewailed
you had bewailed
they had bewailed
Past perfect continuous
I had been bewailing
you had been bewailing
he/she/it had been bewailing
we had been bewailing
you had been bewailing
they had been bewailing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bewail
we let´s bewail
you bewail
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bewail
Past participle
bewailed
Present Participle
bewailing
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 BEWAIL

dwale · narwhal · narwhale · pinwale · quail · Quayle · squail · swale · wail · wale · whale · woodwale

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEWAIL

bevy · bewailed · bewailer · bewailing · bewailingly · beware · beweary · beweep · beweltered · bewet · bewhiskered · bewhore · Bewick · Bewick´s swan · bewig · bewilder · bewildered · bewilderedly · bewilderedness · bewildering

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEWAIL

avail · bail · cocktail · detail · e-mail · fail · get out of jail · go into detail · jail · mail · nail · on the nail · rail · retail · sail · tail · thumbnail · trail · travail · webmail

Synonyms and antonyms of bewail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEWAIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bewail» and belong to the same grammatical category.
bemoan · deplore · lament · mourn · regret · repent · rue

Translation of «bewail» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BEWAIL

Find out the translation of bewail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bewail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bewail» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

痛哭
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

bewail
570 millions of speakers
en

English

bewail
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

शोक मनाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اندب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

оплакивать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

lamentar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

শোক প্রকাশ করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

se lamenter
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bewail
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

beklagen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

嘆き悲しむ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

비탄
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bewail
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ta thán
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

துக்கப்படு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शोक करणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

hayıflanmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

lamentare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

opłakiwać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

оплакувати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

plângă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θρηνώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beween
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

begråta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bewail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bewail

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEWAIL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of bewail
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bewail

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «BEWAIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bewail.
1
W. Somerset Maugham
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
2
Sophocles
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
3
Baruch Spinoza
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEWAIL»

Discover the use of bewail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bewail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
BEWAIL. BIAS. They could not atrip the seductions of vice of their {jusgyl enjoyment, at least to load them with the feBr of their end. Mackenzie- to be responsible, v. To guarantee. to be SECCBJTT, v. To guarantee. TO BE SENSIBLE, tJ. To fear ...
George Crabb, 1826
2
Annual Report - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign ...
Richardson Sarah B. Richardson Mary J. Richardson Rev Jamea P. Ripley Rev Lincoln, Robie Rev Edward, Rogers Rev Isaac, •Rogers William M. Sawyer Rev John, Bewail Rev Daniel, Bewail Rev David B. Bewail Mrs Eliiabeth L. •Bewail ...
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1852
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Annual Report
Bewail William B. Bewail Rev William S. Bhepard Oeorge, P. D. Shepley Rev David, Smith Rev D. T. Smith Rev John, Smyth ... •Tappan E. S. Tappan Mrs E. B. M. Tenney Rev Bewail, Thurston Rev Daviil, Thurston Rev Stephen, TiU»mb Albert, ...
4
Morals on the Book of Job, tr. with notes and indices [by J. ...
564 Man cannot always duly bewail sin that he feels. Job io, sorrow checks them, since that grief itself is as it were made 20. . Hl8T void of grief, which by swallowing up the mind of the person afflicted, takes away the sense of grief. Therefore ...
Gregory I ((st) pope.), 1844
5
Latin Synonyms for Language Lovers
Christine E. Meyer. о MOURNING Regular lst Conjugation deplóró, deplórare, deplóravi, deplóratus weep bitterly, wail, lament, moan inlacrimó (illacrimó), inlacrimáre, weep over, bewail, lament, inlacrimávi (+ (1а1) sorrow for lacrimó/ lacrumó, ...
Christine E. Meyer
6
Morals on the Book of Job
564 Man cannot always duly bewail sin that he feels. Job io, sorrow checks them, since that grief itself is as it were made H * void of grief, which by swallowing up the mind of the person afflicted, takes away the sense of grief. Therefore the holy  ...
Pope Gregory I, 1844
7
London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
And if I must bewail the blessing lost. For which our Hampdens and our Sidneys bled, I would at least bewail it under skies Milder, among a people less austere, In scenes which, having never known me Free, Would not reproach me with the ...
Thomas Tegg, 1829
8
The Book of Pastoral Rule
Those who bewail their sins but do not cease in committing them, and those who cease but do not bewail past sins Those who bewail their sins but do not cease in committing them, and those who cease but do not bewail past sins should be ...
Pope Gregory I, 2007
9
English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO BEWAIL, BEMOAN, LAMENT. BEWAIL is compounded of be and tcail, 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>in  ...
George Crabb, 1818
10
Homilies on 1 Thessalonians
But I most of all lament and bewail them on this account, that they do not even know what they ought to laugh at, and for what they ought especially to mourn, but they confound and disturb and disorder everything. On this account I bewail them ...
St. John Chrysostom

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEWAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bewail is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Editorial: Agree or not, we must respect the high court
So the question for conservatives who bewail the influence of the high court is this: What happens when the Supreme Court issues a 5-4 or 6-3 ... «Concord Monitor, Jul 15»
2
Some hits, lots of misses as Maine's legislative session winds to a …
And yet with all of this money available, the Democrats bewail any suggested spending cuts. Goes to prove that when it comes to politicians ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
3
America is straying
“confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and by a sincere repentance and amendment of life appease his (God's) righteous ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
4
From Church to a Beach: The New Terrorist Target Is You
They bewail the fact that it coincides with Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA's metadata surveillance and, at least in the U.S., just as ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
5
Renewed Focus on beating the Golf
The test car also had heavily tinted back windows, leading my six-year-old co-tester to bewail the Focus as being a 'dark car' - not a positive ... «the Irish News, Jul 15»
6
Car bomb explodes near military hospital in Yemeni capital
... all night, doctors said, damaging at the very least 28 people at large formed to effectively bewail another take on more quickly and this month. «iFreePress.com, Jul 15»
7
Guavas on my mind
But then, don't let's bewail progress, let's just make guava dishes. The most frequently eaten species, and the one often simply referred to as ... «Sun.Star, Jun 15»
8
After Gaza report, Israel is losing its clout on Iran
... point to benighted regimes like those of North Korea, Syria and Iran in order to bewail the UN's hypocrisy, but the fact is that it's not the report, ... «Haaretz, Jun 15»
9
What Is Vulnerable Theology?
Calvin quotes Augustine on how to deal with perfectionists: “Mercifully to correct what they can; patiently to bear and lovingly to bewail and ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
10
Free money: £1bn cash-in really isn't that silly
Those who bewail the frivolous spending of pensioners would be the same ones to bleat if we were not allowed access to our retirement pots ... «FT Adviser, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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