0 to express great sadness or disappointment about something:
He bewailed his misfortune and the loss of his most treasured possessions.
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
Most retrospective accounts of second-century writers bewail their ignorance of fourth-century problems.
Gelman bewails the lack of re-appraisal that should have occurred.
We have had no time to discuss that devilish detail, and much do we bewail the fact.
Medical officers of health all over the country are bewailing the fact that their curative treatment is absolutely futile.
Now they come along and bewail their fate.
We may bewail the lost opportunities of the past, the chances of reform which we never took.
We all bewail regularly in other debates the decline in community and the lack of awareness of citizenship.
