Synonyms for deplorable
dɪˈplɔr ə bəl, -ˈploʊr-de·plorable

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1. deplorable

   Synonyms:
   lamentable, miserable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, disastrous

   Antonyms:
   welcome, glad, acceptable, felicitous, beneficial, joyous

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1. 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, meritless

   Antonyms:
   superior, good, right

2. deplorable, 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, ugly

   Antonyms:
   right, good, superior

3. condemnable, 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

   Antonyms:
   good, superior, right

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1. deplorableadjective

   Synonyms:
   lamentable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, grievous, miserable, wretched, distressing, mournful, melancholy, to be deplored

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1. List of paraphrases for "deplorable":

   regrettable, unfortunate, lamentable, appalling, sad, reprehensible, pitiful, wretched, miserable, distressing, tragic, woeful, pathetic, despicable, disgraceful

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1. Jagdish Bhagwati:

   TPP is a model of such behavior and deplorable architecture.

2. Lili Lustig:

   We have done a deplorable job of helping parents understand food as a prescription for health, if a parent does not understand the value of food choices, how can you expect their children and the next generation to have any better understanding?

3. Marcel Proust:

   The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.

4. Pope Francis:

   For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask forgiveness of the Lord, and I want to tell you from my heart, that I am greatly pained. And I unite myself with the Canadian bishops in apologizing.

5. Fiston Kamango:

   Imagine, a doctor leaves home in the U.S. or elsewhere to come sleep in a tent to help save us from this scourge of Ebola and yet poorly educated young people want to attack him. ... It is very deplorable.