bewail

From Middle English bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) +‎ wail.

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈweɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl

bewail (third-person singular simple present bewails, present participle bewailing, simple past and past participle bewailed)

1. To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for
   • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene 6,

     […] Though in this city he

     Hath widow’d and unchilded many a one,

     Which to this hour bewail the injury,

     Yet he shall have a noble memory.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 8:52,

     And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

   • 1820, William Wordsworth, “The Haunted Tree”

     […] when the wind

     Blows keenly, it sends forth a creaking sound

     (Above the general roar of woods and crags)

     Distinctly heard from far--a doleful note!

     As if (so Grecian shepherds would have deemed)

     The Hamadryad, pent within, bewailed

     Some bitter wrong.

• bemoan
• grieve
• lament

• bewailable
• bewailer
• bewailing
• bewailment

• Waibel