deplore

I deplore the lawlessness that seems to be sweeping the West Bank with price-tags and land-grabs galore.

They are about to see what we so often deplore as mere sausage-making, and they will love it.

It quickly came to mean, to deplore or to disapprove in an especially morally laden way.

I'm about to quote something pretty deplorable, but not in order to deplore it.

President Obama may deplore that trend, but he seems to have no very clear idea of how to alter it.

This was true perhaps, but not in a sense he could find himself tempted to deplore.

Otherwise he was all that a mother might deplore or an uncle delight in.

If it has humour, deplore its lack of thoughtfulness; if it is grave, carp at its lack of gaiety.

Many of the persons we meet with in the world do not live entirely for it, and are incapable of the conduct you deplore.

It gives me pleasure, my dear, to hear you deplore the loss of such a privilege, as it is a proof that you value it.