deplore

Meaning

1. (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
2. (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
3. (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.

Synonyms

lament

bewail

bemoan

regret

mourn

sorrow

moan

complain

groan

grieve

be sorry

weep for

condemn

disapprove

be sorry for

desire ardently

beweep

deprecate

cry

😢

grumble

wail

rue

sad

☹️

sentence

tut

weep

anathematise

comminate

cry over

disapprove of

frown upon

pass judgment

tsk

tut-tut

pour out one’s grievance

adjudge

mourn the loss of

adjudicate

anathematize

call

convict

denounce

deploring

disappointment

discountenance

dismay

doom

execrate

frown on

give

Translations

déplorer

bedauern

deplorare

deplorar

lamentar

acımak

beklagen

regretter

θρηνώ

rammaricarsi

deplorar

biasimare

lamentarsi di

lamenter

αποδοκιμάζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈplɔɹ/

Etymology

From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.