bewail
Cry out over
To bewail is to express deep sorrow or grief, often loudly or dramatically: She bewailed the loss of her childhood home.
The word is literary and old-fashioned, suggesting lamentation rather than quiet sadness.
You bewail misfortunes, deaths, or the state of the world: Critics bewail the decline of civil discourse.
Mournful expression of grief
- mournGrieve for the dead
- weepShed tears emotionally
- grieveFeel sorrow over loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
cry · sob · keen · moan · anguish · heartache · despair · distress
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
rue · compunction · self-reproach · shame · atonement · confession · bemoan · repine
Tribute for the dead
- funeralService honoring the dead
- dirgeMournful commemorative music
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
obituary · bereavement · condolence · remembrance · wake · loss · widow · orphan
lament
Mournful expression of grief
sorrow · cry · sob · keen · moan · anguish · heartache · despair · distress · suffering
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
penitence · rue · compunction · self-reproach · shame · atonement · confession · bemoan · repine · ruefulness
eulogy
Tribute for the dead
threnody · obituary · bereavement · condolence · remembrance · wake · loss · widow · orphan · shiva
- complaintscomplaint, complain, complaints, complaint form, complaint letter