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deplore

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de·plore  (d-plôr, -plr)
tr.v. de·plored, de·plor·ing, de·plores
1. To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn: "Somehow we had to master events, not simply deplore them" Henry A. Kissinger.
2. To express sorrow or grief over.
3. To regret; bemoan.

[French déplorer, lament, regret, from Latin dplrre : d-, de- + plrre, to wail.]

deplore
Verb
[-ploring, -plored] to express or feel strong disapproval of [Latin deplorare to weep bitterly]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.deplore - express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"
criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
accurse, anathematise, anathematize, comminate, execrate, anathemise, anathemize - curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
2.deplore - regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

deplore
verb 1. disapprove of, condemn, object to, denounce, censure, abhor, deprecate, take a dim view of, excoriate
verb 2. lament, regret, mourn, rue, bemoan, grieve for, bewail, sorrow over
Translations
Spanish deplore [dɪˈplɔːʳ] vtdeplorar
French deplore [dɪˈplɔːʳ] vtdéplorer
German deplore [dɪˈplɔːʳ] vtverurteilen
Italian deplore [dɪˈplɔːʳ] vtdeplorare

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you who so lately, when you supposed yourself safe, exulted over my calamity, have now reason to deplore a similar misfortune.
Finally, leading him out of the church they carried him to the judgment seat and seated him on it, and the duke's majordomo said to him, "It is an ancient custom in this island, senor governor, that he who comes to take possession of this famous island is bound to answer a question which shall be put to him, and which must he a somewhat knotty and difficult one; and by his answer the people take the measure of their new governor's wit, and hail with joy or deplore his arrival accordingly.
The more I consider this mighty tail, the more do I deplore my inability to express it.
 
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