deplorable

Meaning

Adj

1. To be deplored.
2. To be deplored.

Noun

1. A person or thing that is to be deplored.
2. (US, derogatory, neologism, specifically) A supporter of Donald Trump.

Synonyms

lamentable

regrettable

wretched

pitiable

miserable

sad

☹️

pitiful

reprehensible

woeful

sorry

sorrowful

vicious

alarming

unfortunate

condemnable

execrable

abject

appalling

bad

👎

bad luck

criminal

distressing

grievous

offensive

painful

pathetic

piteous

terrible

unsavory

unsavoury

lame

dreadful

lousy

disgraceful

mournful

off

woebegone

opprobrious

beggarly

annoying

piteable

funest

disappointment

disappointing

poor

punk

regret

despicable

defective

rueful

Translations

déplorable

deplorevole

bedauerlich

deplorable

deplorável

lamentable

bedauernswert

αξιοθρήνητος

lamentável

lacrimabilis

kläglich

deplorabile

lamentable

deplorable

plorabilis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈplɔːɹəbl̩/

Etymology

PIE word
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The adjective is borrowed from French déplorable (“lamentable, regrettable”), or from its etymon Late Latin dēplōrābilis + English -able (suffix meaning ‘relevant to, suitable to’). Dēplōrābilis is derived from Latin dēplōrō (“to bemoan, complain about; to bewail, lament, deplore”) + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’); while dēplōrō is from dē- (intensifying prefix) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain; to lament, deplore”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). By surface analysis, deplore + -able.
The noun is derived from the adjective. Sense 2 refers to a campaign speech by the American politician and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (born 1947) during the 2016 United States presidential election calling half of the supporters of her Republican opponent Donald Trump (born 1946) a “basket of deplorables”.