how to pronounce bemoan

/bɪˈməʊn/

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bemoan is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of bemoan in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… it's easy to get negative to bemoan all …”

meanings of bemoan

verb:

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

bemoan frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bemoan occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bemoan can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bemoan can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;