0 present participle of bewail
1 to express great sadness or disappointment about something:
He bewailed his misfortune and the loss of his most treasured possessions.
Medical officers of health all over the country are bewailing the fact that their curative treatment is absolutely futile.
But it is no good just bewailing the emergence of protectionist measures.
I do not think there is any use bewailing the past.
My noble friend was bewailing the fact that economics seem to be the main preoccupation.
I am pleased to have taken part in negotiations which have resulted in the preservation of the 1934 basis instead of bewailing its loss.
I recalled, as he was speaking, the anecdote of a man who was bewailing the passing of the great men of the past.
But it is no use bewailing the passing of a golden age that will never return.
I think it is no use bewailing that divorce.
