bewail in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bewail in the English»French Dictionary

bewail [Brit bɪˈweɪl, Am bəˈweɪl] VB trans

bewail lack, loss etc:

bewail

pleurer

Translations for bewail in the French»English Dictionary

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crier ou pleurer misère

to bewail one's poverty

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English

The word may be ultimately derived from the verb groan, bewail.

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They saw the saloon as political corruption incarnate, and bewailed the damage done to women and children.

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The young woman further bewails the contempt with which she is treated by the married women of the village.

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Salami also bewailed the fact that more than half of individuals within the age range of 18 and 25 are either unemployed or under-employed.

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Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.

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Those who found, less dramatically, that they simply no longer suited one another, also bewailed the fact that there was no route out.

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One might still bewail the language of sarcasm and insult that ran through his angry dissent.

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She bewails not her fate, but the loss of her brolly.

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Their destroyed hearts cry to you for help as they bewail your cruelty.

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The woman bewailed this so long that her son, just a boy when his sisters vanished, grew up to be a man.

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