" bewailing "

1: expressing or suggesting mourning;

  * e.g., " ... the doctor assured us that my father was not in any danger of dying, hence those bewailing looks on our faces were uncalled-for "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aching,

•  agonized,

•  anguished,

•  bemoaning,

•  bitter,

•  deploring,

•  doleful,

•  dolesome,

•  dolorous,

•  funeral,

•  grieving,

•  heartbroken,

•  lamentable,

•  lugubrious,

•  mournful,

•  plaintive,

•  plangent,

•  regretful,

•  rueful,

•  sorrowful,

•  sorry,

•  wailing,

•  weeping,

•  woeful

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to feel or express sorrow for;

  * e.g., " ... he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bemoaning,

•  deploring,

•  grieving (for),

•  lamenting,

•  mourning,

•  wailing (for)

•  Antonyms : 

•  delighting,

•  exulting (in),

•  glorying (in),

•  joying,

•  rejoicing (in)

1: to feel or express sorrow for;

  * e.g., " ... he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bemoan,

•  deplore,

•  grieve (for),

•  lament,

•  mourn,

•  wail (for)

•  Antonyms : 

•  delight,

•  exult (in),

•  glory (in),

•  joy,

•  rejoice (in)