deplorable

[dih-plawr-uh-buhl, -plohr-]

adjective

1. causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable.

   the deplorable death of a friend.

2. causing or being a subject for censure, reproach, or disapproval; wretched; very bad.

   This room is in deplorable order. You have deplorable manners!

deplorable

/ dɪˈplɔːrəbəl /

adjective

1. lamentable

   a deplorable lack of taste

2. worthy of censure or reproach; very bad

   deplorable behaviour

Other Word Forms

• deplorableness noun
• deplorability noun
• deplorably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of deplorable¹

1605–15; < French déplorable < Middle French, equivalent to deplor ( er ) ( deplore ) + -able -able

Example Sentences

Ms Doutre also said detainees are often kept at facilities with "deplorable" conditions.

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Sly, wry, adorable and deplorable, Guillaume Marbeck is priceless as the endlessly irritating and yet frustratingly charismatic Godard in one of the year’s brightest pictures, a rare standout in a sea of multiplex mediocrity.

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Two bears rescued from "deplorable conditions" in Armenia by an East Sussex charity have been making the most of their new lives in a bear sanctuary.

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The theft, he said, succeeded in “giving France a deplorable image.”

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Some saw his efforts contributing to the resignation of the university’s president, Claudine Gay, as laudable, while others found them deplorable.

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