0 past simple and past participle of bewail
1 to express great sadness or disappointment about something:
He bewailed his misfortune and the loss of his most treasured possessions.
People bewailed their own fate or that of their relatives, and there were some who prayed for death in their terror of dying.
The woman bewailed this so long that her son, just a boy when his sisters vanished, grew up to be a man.
When they tried to domineer and insisted on his joining their games, he bewailed and expressed his no concern over their foolish action.
They saw the saloon as political corruption incarnate, and bewailed the damage done to women and children.
