bewail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BEWAIL

to feel or express sorrow for <he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it>

Synonyms bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve (for), mourn, wail (for)

Related Words elegize; cry (for), keen, moan, weep; regret, rue; bawl, blubber, sob; agonize, bleed, hurt, sorrow, suffer

Near Antonyms beam, cheer, grin, laugh, smile

Antonyms delight, exult (in), glory (in), joy, rejoice (in)

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