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# bewail

«bewail» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cry or complain loudly and sadly about a loss or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (bewail, bewails, bewailed, bewailing) (old use or formal)

### meaning for a pupil

To bewail something is to cry or complain loudly and sadly about a loss or misfortune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewail/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a character bewails a loss, such as a robbery or a lost friend.

### examples

- The Mule bewailed his misfortunes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewail/#x1)
- On discovering the theft, he beat his breast and bewailed his loss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewail/#x2)
- The children bewailed the end of their holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewail/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bewail» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewail/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.