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bemoan
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bemoan
(verb)
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bemoan
/bɪ
ˈ
moʊn/
verb
bemoans
;
bemoaned
;
bemoaning
bemoan
/bɪ
ˈ
moʊn/
verb
bemoans
;
bemoaned
;
bemoaning
Learner's definition of BEMOAN
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:
to say that you are unhappy about (something)
He
bemoans
the fact that the team lost again.
an article
bemoaning
the decline in voter turnout
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to complain about (something)
Some critics are always
bemoaning
the state of the language.
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