deplorable
adjective/dɪˈplɔːrəbl/
/dɪˈplɔːrəbl/
(formal)- very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people synonym appalling
- a deplorable incident
- They were living in the most deplorable conditions.
- The acting was deplorable.
- We tried to forget the whole deplorable episode.
- It is deplorable that… It is deplorable there is no legal protection for these children.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeplorable is used with these nouns:- condition
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French déplorable or late Latin deplorabilis, from the verb deplorare, from de- ‘away, thoroughly’ + plorare ‘bewail’.
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