Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

    I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.

    I deplore not having listened to your advice.

    bedauern

    опла́киватьoplákivatʹ, сожале́тьsožalétʹ

    оплакуватиoplakuvaty, шкодуватиškoduvaty

  2. (transitive)To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

    I deplore how you treated him at the party.

    The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.

    verdammen

    осужда́тьosuždátʹ

    засуджуватиzasudžuvaty, не погоджуватисяne pohodžuvatysja

    express strong condemnation of

  3. (obsolete)To regard as hopeless; to give up.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom deplored Mary.

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  2. One must deplore such bad behavior.

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  3. We deplore your cruelty to animals.

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  4. He deeply deplored the situation.

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  5. Zeid particularly deplored the rise of extreme nationalism promoted by what he described as self-serving, callous leaders.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for:
transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of:
Русский
By meaning 2
to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for:
transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for:
transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of:

Origin

From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament ov

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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Forms

deplores, deploring, deplored, deplored
Base formdeplore · to deplore
3rd person singulardeplores
Present participledeploring
Past simpledeplored
Past participledeplored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeplore
he, she, itdeplores

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeplored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deplored
he, she, ithas deplored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deplore

Synonyms

113 synonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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