bemoan

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (transitive) To moan or complain about (something).
  2. (reflexive, transitive) To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them.

Konzepte

Mitleid haben

Mitgefühl haben

Mitleid fühlen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/bɪˈməʊn/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English bemenen, bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan (“to bemoan, bewail, lament”); equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + moan. Alteration of vowel from Middle to Modern English due to analogy with moan.

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