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[ verb ] regret strongly
Examples "I deplore this hostile action" "we lamented the loss of benefits" Used in print (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)There is a trend today to bemoan the fact that Americans are too `` soft '' . (Frank Murphy, "New Southern Fiction: Urban or Ag...)Westbrook further bemoans the Southern writers ' creation of an unreal image of their homeland , which is too readily assimilated by both foreign readers and visiting Yankees : `` Our northerner is suspicious of all this crass evidence [ of urbanization ] presented to his senses . |
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