Deplorable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach: a deplorable act of violence.
  • adj. Lamentable; woeful: My finances were in a deplorable state of neglect.
  • adj. Wretched; bad: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad.
  • adj. To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That may or must be deplored or lamented; lamentable; that demands or causes lamentation; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; miserable; wretched: as, a deplorable calamity.
  • Pitiable; contemptible: as, deplorable nonsense; deplorable stupidity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of very poor quality or condition
  • adj. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  • adj. bad; unfortunate
  • Equivalent
    inferior    wrong    bad   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lamentable    calamitous    grievous    wretched   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adorable    horrible   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lamentable    pitiable    disastrous    shameful    appal    calamitous    frightful    grievous    ruinous    Embarrass