Deplorable - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈplɔːrəbl|
Brit.
|dɪˈplɔːrəb(ə)l|
adjective
- bad; unfortunate (syn: distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry)
my finances were in a deplorable state
- of very poor quality or condition (syn: execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched)deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure (syn: criminal, reprehensible, vicious)a deplorable act of violence
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...we will not tolerate such deplorable behavior in a house of worship...
...condemned the deplorable conditions in which the family was living...
...you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity, or no one will ever believe anything you say...
So deplorable is the degradation of our nature.
The deplorable mistake was likely to be the destruction of the whole family.
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