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bemoan

verbCommon GRE wordMore B words

to express grief, regret, or displeasure over something

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Bemoan in a sentence

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Critics bemoaned the decline of independent bookshops.

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Antonyms
celebraterejoice

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The new intern was so blank that she completed in two days a backlog her predecessor had let pile up for weeks.

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Bemoan (verb) means to express grief, regret, or displeasure over something
Here is bemoan used in an example sentence: "Critics bemoaned the decline of independent bookshops."
Common synonyms for bemoan include lament, deplore, bewail, rue.
Antonyms of bemoan include celebrate, rejoice.
Bemoan is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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