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adjective

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as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning the doctor assured us that my father was not in any danger of dying, hence those bewailing looks on our faces were uncalled-for

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bewailing

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verb

present participle of bewail
as in mourning
to feel or express sorrow for he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it

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