lamentable

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adj.

Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable. See Synonyms at pathetic.

lamen·ta·bly adv.

lamentable [ˈlæməntəb^əl]

adj

1. wretched, deplorable, or distressing

2. an archaic word for mournful

lamentableness n

lamentably adv

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Adj.

lamentable - bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

deplorable, distressing, pitiful, sorry, sad

bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

lamentable

adjective

1. regrettable, distressing, tragic, unfortunate, harrowing, grievous, woeful, deplorable, mournful, sorrowful, gut-wrenching This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947.

2. disappointing, poor, miserable, unsatisfactory, mean, low quality, meagre, pitiful, wretched, not much cop (Brit. slang) He admitted he was partly to blame for England's lamentable performance.

Translations

lamentable [ˈlæməntəbl] ADJ → lamentable

lamentable [ˈlæməntəb^əl] adj → lamentable

lamentable

adj → beklagenswert; piece of work → jämmerlich schlecht, erbärmlich

lamentable [ˈlæməntəbl] adj (performance) → penoso/a; (disregard, waste) → deplorevole

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The most lamentable tale of disasters, however, that Captain Bonneville had to hear, was from a partisan, whom he had detached in the preceding year, with twenty men, to hunt through the outskirts of the Crow country, and on the tributary streams of the Yellowstone; whence he was to proceed and join him in his winter quarters on Salmon River.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

The existence of Society, as you truly say, is threatened by the present lamentable prevalence of Liberal ideas throughout the length and breadth of the land.

The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context

We heard, from one who knew him well (what should be stated in all mention of his lamentable irregularities), that with a single glass of wine his whole nature was reversed, the demon became 'uppermost, and, though none of the usual signs of in

An Appreciation by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

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