bewail

Etymology

From Middle English bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) + wail.

verb

1. To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for
   […] when the wind Blows keenly, it sends forth a creaking sound (Above the general roar of woods and crags) Distinctly heard from far--a doleful note! As if (so Grecian shepherds would have deemed) The Hamadryad, pent within, bewailed Some bitter wrong. 1820, William Wordsworth, The Haunted Tree
   About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. … They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam? 1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-Colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale Bishop, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 18, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 48, column 2
   Far from bewailing the existence of mysteries-for-humans, we should be extremely grateful for it. 2016, Noam Chomsky, What Kind of Creatures Are We?, New York: Columbia University Press, page 56