Definition of Bewail

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Definition of Bewail
	Bewail To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over. To express grief; to lament. Related Definitions: As, By, Deep, Express, For, Grief, Lament, Over, Sorrow, To, Wail, Wailing

Bewail Quotations

To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.
Aeschylus

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
Baruch Spinoza

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
W. Somerset Maugham

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
Sophocles

Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
Mason Cooley

We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, by thought, word and deed.
Camilla P. Bowles

Bewail Translations

bewail in German is beklagen, klagen

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