deplore

deplore

See also: déploré, déplore, and deploré

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈplɔɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈplɔː/

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /dɪˈplo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /dɪˈploə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: de‧plore

Verb

deplore (third-person singular simple present deplores, present participle deploring, simple past and past participle deplored)

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

   I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.

   The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.

   I deplore not having listened to your advice.

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

   I deplore how you treated him at the party.

   Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.

   • 1942 May-June, “Theft on the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:

     Sir Thomas Royden, Chairman of the L.M.S.R., and Mr. Robert Holland-Martin, Chairman of the Southern Railway, both deplored the wholesale robbery and petty pilferage which have increased until they have reached appalling dimensions.

3. (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning

     The physicians do make a kind of scruple and religion to stay with the patient after the disease is deplored; whereas, in my judgement, they ought both to inquire the skill, and to give the attendances, for the facilitating and assuaging of the pains and agonies of death.

Synonyms

• bewail
• condemn

Related terms

• deplorable
• deploration

Translations

to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for

Bulgarian: оплаквам (bg) (oplakvam), съжалявам (bg) (sǎžaljavam) Esperanto: priplori Finnish: tuntea mielipahaa (+ elative), valittaa (fi) French: déplorer (fr) German: bedauern (de) Greek: οικτίρω (el) (oiktíro), θλίβομαι (el) (thlívomai), αποδοκιμάζω (el) (apodokimázo) Ancient: κατοδύρομαι (katodúromai) Polish: opłakiwać (pl) Romanian: plânge (ro) Russian: опла́кивать (ru) (oplákivatʹ), сожале́ть (ru) (sožalétʹ) Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin Spanish: deplorar (es) Ukrainian: оплакувати (uk) (oplakuvaty), шкодувати (uk) (škoduvaty)

transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of

Bulgarian: осъждам (bg) (osǎždam), не одобрявам (ne odobrjavam) Maori: whakakino, tirohura (shown by looks not by words) Russian: осужда́ть (ru) (osuždátʹ) Ukrainian: засуджувати (uk) (zasudžuvaty), не погоджуватися (uk) (ne pohodžuvatysja)

Further reading

• deplore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• deplore in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• deplore at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• redpole

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Spanish

Verb

deplore

1. inflection of deplorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative