bemoaning
Voicing deep sorrow
Bemoaning is expressing grief, distress, or dissatisfaction about something—lamenting or complaining at length.
The word suggests vocal, sometimes excessive sorrow or complaint: She spent the evening bemoaning her lack of career progress.
He's always bemoaning the state of modern music.
Deep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- bereavementState following loss
- anguishIntense mental suffering
heartache · grieving · keening · weeping · sobbing · tears · wailing · desolation
Voicing persistent complaints
- groaningEmitting deep, pained sounds
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- kvetchingChronic petty complaining
venting · airing grievances · decrying · deploring · bewailing · protesting · objecting · carping
Expressing sorrowful repentance
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- shamePainful awareness of failure
self-reproach · compunction · chagrin · ruefulness · mea culpa · second-guessing · hindsight · misgivings
Great sorrow or distress
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
hopelessness · despairing · melancholy · dejection · gloom · despondency · wretchedness · forlorn
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- bereavementState following loss
anguish · heartache · grieving · keening · weeping · sobbing · tears · wailing · desolation · inconsolable
griping
Voicing persistent complaints
- groaningEmitting deep, pained sounds
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
kvetching · venting · airing grievances · decrying · deploring · bewailing · protesting · objecting · carping · faultfinding
rueful
Expressing sorrowful repentance
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
shame · self-reproach · compunction · chagrin · ruefulness · mea culpa · second-guessing · hindsight · misgivings · repining
woe
Great sorrow or distress
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
distress · hopelessness · despairing · melancholy · dejection · gloom · despondency · wretchedness · forlorn · woeful
bemoaningcelebrating
Observing with festivity
rejoicing · exulting · cheering · applauding · gloating
bemoaningaccepting
Willing to receive
embracing · welcoming · coming to terms with · appreciating · relishing
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