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Synonyms for deplorable
dɪˈplɔr ə bəl, -ˈploʊr-de·plorable
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
deplorable
Synonyms:
lamentable, miserable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, disastrousAntonyms:
welcome, glad, acceptable, felicitous, beneficial, joyous
Princeton's WordNet
deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorryadjective
bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
Synonyms:
regretful, hapless, no-account, reprehensible, woeful, dismal, troubling, execrable, dingy, disconsolate, perturbing, no-count, good-for-nothing, miserable, worrying, criminal, no-good, vicious, disturbing, dark, grim, sad, piteous, condemnable, lamentable, worrisome, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, bad, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, gloomy, drab, distressful, dreary, drear, good-for-naught, blue, meritlessdeplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretchedadjective
of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
Synonyms:
paltry, scummy, odious, reprehensible, damnable, slimy, execrable, suffering, scurvy, woebegone, vile, low-down, despicable, miserable, low, criminal, vicious, worthless, detestable, sad, piteous, condemnable, hapless, lamentable, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, measly, abominable, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, abject, woeful, unworthy, uglycondemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, viciousadjective
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
"a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
Synonyms:
felonious, savage, reprehensible, fell, pitiful, venomous, criminal, miserable, lamentable, roughshod, evil, cruel, barbarous, vicious, poisonous, woeful, condemnable, wretched, distressing, execrable, brutal, sorry, sad
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deplorableadjective
Synonyms:
lamentable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, grievous, miserable, wretched, distressing, mournful, melancholy, to be deplored
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "deplorable":
regrettable, unfortunate, lamentable, appalling, sad, reprehensible, pitiful, wretched, miserable, distressing, tragic, woeful, pathetic, despicable, disgraceful
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#402 | low | |
#618 | blue | |
#841 | bad | |
#1640 | dark | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#2384 | criminal | |
#3009 | evil | |
#4538 | fell | |
#5071 | sad | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#9271 | brutal | |
#9792 | savage | |
#11289 | cruel | |
#12840 | unfortunate | |
#13075 | disturbing | |
#13147 | tragic | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#17151 | worrying | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#22839 | disastrous | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#25814 | troubling | |
#27379 | vile | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#38945 | unworthy | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#42423 | distressing | |
#43052 | drab | |
#43288 | hapless | |
#45257 | disgraceful | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#48820 | slimy | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#51420 | venomous | |
#51865 | abject | |
#53315 | worrisome | |
#54242 | regrettable | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#57592 | odious | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#58505 | reprehensible | |
#66341 | barbarous | |
#68555 | measly | |
#69348 | scurvy | |
#77165 | woeful | |
#92197 | piteous | |
#95216 | lamentable | |
#97969 | detestable | |
#102904 | felonious | |
#115306 | scummy | |
#119822 | pitiable | |
#126547 | roughshod | |
#127931 | calamitous | |
#134051 | regretful | |
#136318 | perturbing | |
#136831 | damnable | |
#143060 | execrable | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear | |
#177601 | meritless | |
#262675 | distressful | |
#290986 | condemnable | |
#295809 | woebegone |
How to use deplorable in a sentence?
The indiscriminate use of chemicals, rubber bullets and stun grenades against vulnerable populations, and particularly without reasons for such force, is a dangerous and deplorable act.
This is the kind of deplorable not only hateful response to a legitimate security issue, but it is giving aid and comfort to ISIS and other radical jihadists.
In the face of this deplorable evil, the Church kneels before God and implores his forgiveness for the sins of her children, i humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Canadian Indigenous peoples.
TPP is a model of such behavior and deplorable architecture.
We are working on the deplorable state of the Nigerian environment and on the other hand improve education by using plastic bottles to substitute tuition fees so as to encourage parents to send their children to school and then save more money to fix other challenges at home.
Translations for deplorable
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- بائسArabic
- плачевен, за оплакванеBulgarian
- erbärmlich, bedauernswert, kläglich, bedauerlichGerman
- αξιοθρήνητοςGreek
- deplorable, lamentableSpanish
- déplorableFrench
- deplorevole, deplorabileItalian
- 嘆かわしいJapanese
- betreurenswaardig, deplorabel, deerniswekkendDutch
- opłakanyPolish
- deplorávelPortuguese
- nenorocitRomanian
- плачевный, несчастный, скверный, прискорбныйRussian
- bedrövligSwedish
- içler acısı, acınacak halde, acınacak durumdaTurkish
- דיפּלאָראַבאַלYiddish
- 可悲Chinese
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