Lamentable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable. See Synonyms at pathetic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief.
  • adj. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate.
  • adj. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bo lamented; exciting or calling for sorrow; grievous: as, a lamentable deterioration of morals.
  • Expressive of grief; mournful: as, a lamentable cry.
  • Miserable; pitiful; low; poor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. bad; unfortunate
  • Equivalent
    bad   
    Antonym
    laughable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mourning    sorrowful    pitiable    regrettable    unfortunate    miserable    pitiful    paltry    deplorable    sad   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deplorable    piteous    appal    frightful    shameful    disastrous    tragic    humiliate    ludicrous    dismal