Definitions for bewails

bewails be·wail

Spelling: [bih-weyl]
IPA: /bɪˈweɪl/

Bewails is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in bewails (abeilsw).

Definitions for bewails

verb (used with object)

  1. to express deep sorrow for; lament:

verb (used without object)

  1. to express grief.

Origin of bewails

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at be-, wail

Examples for bewails

They did nothing but regret the past and bewail the present.

Wit you well that ever will I bewail the death of my dear friend, Sir Gareth.

Yet not once in the course of that trip did he bewail his fate.

Now they shout and cheer, now they lament and bewail, as loud as they can.

The gods will welcome me; there is nothing to bewail in death.

I ventured to bewail my fate a little, but that did not seem to advance my cause.

And now that God has granted my prayer, I bewail His way of doing it.

I recount this not to bewail my fate, or to dwell in the past.

When we argue that we weep the dead, it would be more true to say that we bewail the living.

In women, it is reckoned becoming to bewail their loss; in men, to remember it.

Word Value for bewails
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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