deplore
verbUS /dɪˈploɹ/ · UK /dɪˈplɔː/
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.
1
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.
2
To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
- I deplore how you treated him at the party.
- The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
3 more examples
- Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.
- 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.1942 May-June, “Theft on the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:
- Well, Minister, in practical terms we have the usual six options. One: do nothing. Two: issue a statement deploring the speech. Three: lodge an official protest. Four: cut off aid. Five: break off diplomatic relations. And six: declare war.1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Official Visit”, in Yes, Minister, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
3
Obsolete To regard as hopeless; to give up.
- 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.1605, Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning:
- Derived terms
- deploredly, deploredness, deplorement, deploringly, undeplored
- Related terms
- deplorable, deploration