deplore

Meaning

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

Frequency

48k
Hyphenated as
de‧plore
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.

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