Synonyms for deplorable
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Lamentable — to be deplored. To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable
lamentable, wretched, reprehensible, sad, distressing, execrable, despicable, woeful, pathetic, unfortunate, pitiable, pitiful, regrettable, contemptible, grievous, bad, condemnable, saddening, tragic, scandalous, depressing, heart-breaking
2. Damnable — to be deplored. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched
damnable, scornworthy, reprehensive, arrant dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
To be deplored. To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable.
We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son.
- adj. 2
To be deplored. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
Poor children suffer permanent damage due to deplorable living conditions and deplorable treatment by law enforcement.
Related words
- Word family
- deplorability deplorableness deplorably deplorate deplore
Example sentences
- pathetic The education in that institute is simply pathetic.
- distressing Yanni went through a distressing event.
- lamentable And now let's discuss the lamentable state of affairs.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| deplorable | falling | |
| pathetic | rising | |
| distressing | steady | |
| lamentable | falling | |
| execrable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, sad1
- 6 letters
- tragic2, woeful2, arrant2
- 7 letters
- pitiful3
- 8 letters
- pathetic3, wretched2, grievous2, pitiable4, damnable
- 9 letters
- saddening3, execrable4
- 10 letters
- depressing3, despicable4, scandalous3, lamentable4
- 11 letters
- unfortunate4, distressing3, regrettable4, condemnable, scornworthy
- 12 letters
- contemptible4, reprehensive
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tragic2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- déplorable
- Italiano
- deplorabile
- Español
- deplorable