deplorable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪˈplɔrəbəl/ UK /dɪˈplɔːrəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad

The prisoners were kept in deplorable conditions.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · deserving strong... lamentable wretched disgraceful shameful appalling dreadful reprehensible

Opposites

admirable praiseworthy commendable laudable

Word family

Forms deplorably

Derived forms deplorablydeplorableness

Related forms deploredeploration

Etymology

From French déplorable, from Late Latin deplorabilis, from Latin deplorare ('to lament, bewail'), from de- (intensive) plus plorare ('to weep, wail').

deplorare Latin plorare Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# deplorable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈplɔrəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈplɔːrəbəl/

## Meanings
1. deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad

## Examples
- The prisoners were kept in deplorable conditions.

## Synonyms
- lamentable
- wretched
- disgraceful
- shameful
- appalling
- dreadful
- reprehensible

## Antonyms
- admirable
- praiseworthy
- commendable
- laudable

## Derived Forms
- deplorably
- deplorableness

## Related Forms
- deplore
- deploration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: deplorare
- Root: plorare

## Etymology
From French déplorable, from Late Latin deplorabilis, from Latin deplorare ('to lament, bewail'), from de- (intensive) plus plorare ('to weep, wail').

## AI Etymology
Deplorable comes from French déplorable, from Late Latin deplorabilis, from Latin deplorare ('to lament, bewail'), from de- (intensive) plus plorare ('to weep, wail'). The historical trail runs through Latin deplorare and Latin plorare. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad. Derived formations include deplorably, deplorableness; related forms include deplore, deploration.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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