To lament, mourn, or express sorrow about something sad or unfortunate before it actually happens or is widely known.
From 'fore-' (before) + 'bemoan' (to express sadness about). The prefix adds the sense of premature grief or lamenting something before the event occurs.
Prophets and tragedy writers are masters of forebemoaning—they sense the disaster coming and wail about it before it hits, like Cassandra doomed to always be right but never believed.
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