lamentable

Meaning

Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

Frequency

47k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/
Etymology

From Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).

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