bewailing
Crying out grief
Bewailing is the act of expressing grief or sorrow through lamentation.
The word carries a sense of vocal, demonstrative mourning—not quiet sadness but audible wailing: She spent the evening bewailing her misfortune.
Often used with a touch of irony for excessive complaint: He's always bewailing the state of modern music.
Vocal mourning for dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- moaningProlonged sound of distress
grieving · bereavement · sorrow · heartache · desolation · anguish · despair · misery
Mournful commemorative music
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- plaintAudible expression of grief
- jeremiadLengthy complaint prophesying doom
eulogy · requiem · cry · ululation · plaintive · mournful · doleful · dolorous
Guilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
ruefulness · compunction · penitence · shame · atonement · mea culpa · confession · self-condemnation
Publicly disparaging something
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
- deploringExpressing strong disapproval
- outcryLoud public protest
- objectionExpression of disapproval
condemnation · railing · grievance · complaint · reproach · censure · criticism · indignation
keening
Vocal mourning for dead
moaning · grieving · bereavement · sorrow · heartache · desolation · anguish · despair · misery · woe
dirge
Mournful commemorative music
jeremiad · eulogy · requiem · cry · ululation · plaintive · mournful · doleful · dolorous · lugubrious
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
self-reproach · ruefulness · compunction · penitence · shame · atonement · mea culpa · confession · self-condemnation · rue
decrying
Publicly disparaging something
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
- deploringExpressing strong disapproval
- outcryLoud public protest
objection · condemnation · railing · grievance · complaint · reproach · censure · criticism · indignation · invective
bewailingcelebrating
Observing with festivity
rejoicing · exulting · cheering · jubilating · reveling
bewailingapplauding
Expressing approval vocally
praising · lauding · extolling · commending · acclaiming
bewailingaccepting
Willing to receive
contented · embracing · acquiescing · appreciating · savoring
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