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be·moan    Audio Help   (bĭ-mōn')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   be·moaned, be·moan·ing, be·moans
  1. To express grief over; lament.
  2. To express disapproval of or regret for; deplore: "Tom Brokaw of NBC News recently bemoaned 'the cancer of the sound bite' afflicting Presidential campaigning" (John Tierney).


[Middle English bimonen, alteration (influenced by mone, moan) of bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan : be-, be- + mǣnan, to complain of; see mei-no- in Indo-European roots.]

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