From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbewailbe‧wail /bɪˈweɪl/ verb [transitive] literarySAD/UNHAPPYEXPRESS to express deep sadness or disappointment about something→ See Verb table
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bewail• I occasionally bewail getting entirely too much education and taking it far too seriously.• There was nothing so boring, she thought, as some one who was continually bewailing her lot.• Men propping up the bar over lunch will bewail the loss of earlier freedoms when they were footloose and fancy free.• Republicans bewail what they say is a likelihood that Democrats will sit on nominations. 