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Definition of bemoan verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bemoan

verb

NAmE//bɪˈmoʊn//

bemoan something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bemoan

he / she / it bemoans

past simple bemoaned

-ing form bemoaning

to complain or say that you are not happy about something They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance.

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