0 present participle of bemoan --
1 to complain or express sadness about something: --
Researchers at universities are always bemoaning their lack of funds.
They went straight from saying that there was nothing in the speech to bemoaning the fact that it contained too much.
It is no use quibbling about whether the central rate is right, or bemoaning the fact that interest rates are too high.
These figures must be borne in mind if we are to put a stop to this unfortunate trend, instead of just bemoaning the situation.
Shipowners are bemoaning the fact that having got their vessels to the southern hemisphere they cannot bring them back even at a loss.
I wish that industry would sometimes concentrate more on the new opportunities and less on bemoaning the loss of the old ones.
I read an interesting account this week of one chairman with £90,000 a year bemoaning his fate because of the heavy taxation he has to meet.
There is no point in bemoaning lost opportunities.
There is no point in bemoaning the law.