deplore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈploɹ/
ipa: /dɪˈplɔː/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /dɪˈplo(ː)ɹ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /dɪˈploə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: deplores
form: deploring
form: deplored
form: deplored
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.
Senses: examples: text: I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
text: I deplore not having listened to your advice.
synonyms: word: bewail
word: lament
word: begrieve
word: bemoan
word: bewail
word: beweep
word: condole
word: deplore
word: grieve
word: grieven
word: keen
word: lament
word: mean
word: mourn
word: pine
word: sigh
word: sorrow
word: wail
word: wayment
glosses: To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
examples: text: I deplore how you treated him at the party.
text: The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
text: Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.
text: 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.
ref: 1942 May-June, “Theft on the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:
text: 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.
ref: 1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Official Visit”, in Yes, Minister, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
synonyms: word: censure
word: condemn
word: animadvert
word: admonish
word: bash
word: bawl out
word: blast
word: derogate
word: berate
word: berisp
word: castigate
word: censure
word: chastise
word: chew out
word: chide
word: condemn
word: criticize
word: denounce
word: denunciate
word: drag
word: dress down
word: eat someone alive
word: excoriate
word: find fault
word: fulminate
word: get down
word: get up
word: give somebody a piece of one's mind
word: give somebody what-for
word: inveigh
word: lace into
word: lambaste
word: lay into
word: lecture
word: light into
word: objurgate
word: pooh-pooh
word: put someone on blast
word: rate
word: read somebody the riot act
word: rebuke
word: reprehend
word: reprimand
word: reproach
word: reprove
word: rip into
word: rubbish
word: savage
word: scold
word: slam
word: tear into
word: tell off
word: threap
word: tick off
word: tosh
word: keelhaul
word: upbraid
word: vilify
word: vituperate
glosses: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning:
synonyms: word: cede
word: yield
word: abandon
word: bend
word: capitulate
word: cave in
word: cede
word: deplore
word: fall in line
word: give over
word: give in
word: give up
word: give way
word: knuckle under
word: relinquish
word: submit
word: surrender
word: strike one's flag
word: strike the colors
word: strike the flag
word: throw in the towel
word: throw up one's hands
word: turn in
word: wave the white flag
word: yield
glosses: To regard as hopeless; to give up.
Derived terms: deploredly
deploredness
deplorement
deploringly
undeplored
Related terms: deplorable
deploration