bemoan

Questions about bemoan

What does bemoan mean?

bemoan means "regret strongly".

How many syllables are in bemoan?

bemoan has 2 syllables: be-moan. The stress falls on "moan". In IPA it is /bɪˈmoʊn/.

What is another word for bemoan?

Close synonyms include deplore, lament, bewail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bemoan a common word?

bemoan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bemoan?

5 words rhyme with bemoan. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.