Deplorable
[dɪ'plɔːrəb(ə)l] or [dɪ'plɔrəbl]
Definition
(adj.) bad; unfortunate; 'my finances were in a deplorable state'; 'a lamentable decision'; 'her clothes were in sad shape'; 'a sorry state of affairs' .
(adj.) of very poor quality or condition; 'deplorable housing conditions in the inner city'; 'woeful treatment of the accused'; 'woeful errors of judgment' .
Editor: Rena--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lamentable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, grievous, miserable, wretched, distressing, mournful, melancholy, to be deplored.
Editor: Simon
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lamentable, miserable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, disastrous
ANT:Welcome, glad, acceptable, felicitous, beneficial, joyous
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Examples
- The telegraph operating-room was in a deplorable condition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We endeavoured in vain to abstract Clara from this deplorable scene. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Now, I am aware that there was a most deplorable occurrence in our house last night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It may turn to infection--but no such deplorable complication had taken place when I left Blackwater Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was a tearful boy, and broke into such deplorable lamentations, when a cessation of our connexion was hinted at, that we were obliged to keep him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In this deplorable state, I contrived to do, what I take to have been, three Objective things. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I cannot conceive a situation more deplorable. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I did everything for the beSt. I am not answerable for a deplorable calamity, which it was quite impossible to foresee. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A most deplorable want of complexion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They were in a deplorable condition and must have starved but for the support the government gave them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- That reaction may not be as deplorable as it seems. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Gradgrind went to the door, and returned with Sleary, to whom he submitted the question, How to get this deplorable object away? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It affected us to see Caddy clinging, then, to her deplorable home and hanging on her mother's neck with the greatest tenderness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We all lodged together in the same deplorable pot-house. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Is not this deplorable situation due to the fact that the doctrine is itself merely told? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- That done, we feel the agitation is deplorable and can be ignored unless it becomes so obstreperous that we have to put it in jail. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Let us allow the deplorable fact to assert itself, once for all, in that manner, and pass on. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Some one whom I saw come in, and who, in a misguided and deplorable way, has deserted the house of a friend of mine. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Jos came on purpose from the Star and Garter at Richmond, whither he retreated after the deplorable event. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And what kind of man, my Lady asks, was this deplorable creature? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There will be a deplorable scene, whenever we are married. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If you have rash friends, moderate their deplorable ardour. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Deplorable and uncharacteristic fault! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am concerned for the condition of the learned world, which lies under such t deplorable ignorance in all these particulars. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Most deplorable to think of--but, still, suggestive of something hopeful, to a person of my experience in plying the good work. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was affected by his mistress's deplorable situation, and succeeded in preventing an outrageous denial of the epithet drunken on the footman's part. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Most deplorable! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her position with her husband grows more and more deplorable and dangerous every day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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