verb (used with object) 1.to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
2.to regard with regret or disapproval.
Origin: before 1000; be- +
moan; replacing
bemene, Middle English bimenen, Old English bimǣnan (
bi- be- +
mǣnan to moan)
Related forms be·moan·ing·ly, adverb
un·be·moaned, adjective