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adjective

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as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning one parishioner who always seems to have a bemoaning expression on her face

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verb

present participle of bemoan
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as in lamenting
to feel or express sorrow for bemoaned the death of his wife by writing a series of poignant letters addressed to her

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as in regretting
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about a think piece bemoaning the coarsening of our society over the last several decades

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