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deplorable - 3 dictionary results

de⋅plor⋅a⋅ble

  [di-plawr-uh-buhl, -plohr-]
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1. causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
2. causing or being a subject for censure, reproach, or disapproval; wretched; very bad: This room is in deplorable order. You have deplorable manners!
Origin:
1605–15; < F déplorable < MF, equiv. to deplor(er) (see deplore ) + -able -able

Related forms:
de⋅plor⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, de⋅plor⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
de⋅plor⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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de·plor·a·ble   (dĭ-plôr'ə-bəl, -plōr'-)   
adj.  
  1. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach: a deplorable act of violence.
  2. Lamentable; woeful: My finances were in a deplorable state of neglect.
  3. Wretched; bad: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.
de·plor'a·ble·ness, de·plor'a·bil'i·ty n., de·plor'a·bly adv.
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Deplorable

De*plor"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]plorable.] Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.

Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others. --Burke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : deplorable
Spanish: deplorable,
German: bedauernswert,
Japanese: 嘆かわしい
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