ADJECTIVE | all | deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry | bad |
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all | deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched | of very poor quality or condition | |
all | deplorable, condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, vicious | bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure |
Sounds | dihplao'rahbahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | bad; unfortunate. | |
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Example | "my finances were in a deplorable state" | |
Synonyms | distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry | |
Broader | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
Spanish | deplorable, desolador, lamentable, lamentoso, penoso, triste | |
Catalan | deplorable | |
Adverbs | deplorably | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner |
Meaning | Of very poor quality or condition. | |
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Example | "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city" | |
Synonyms | execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched | |
Broader | inferior | Of low or inferior quality |
Spanish | deplorable, execrable, lamentable, miserable, mísero, penoso | |
Catalan | deplorable, lamentable, miserable, penós |
Meaning | Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. | |
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Example | "a deplorable act of violence" | |
Synonyms | condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, vicious | |
Broader | wrong | contrary to conscience or morality or law |
Spanish | censurable, condenable, deplorable, reprensible, vergonzoso | |
Catalan | censurable, condemnable, reprensible, vergonyós |
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