Synonyms for deplore
dɪˈplɔr, -ˈploʊrde·plore

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1. deploreverb

   Synonyms:
   condemn, bewail

2. deploreverb

   To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

   Synonyms:
   condemn, bewail

3. deploreverb

   To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

   Synonyms:
   bewail, condemn

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1. deplore

   To mourn is to feel or express sadness or distress because of some loss, affliction, or misfortune; mourning is thought of as prolonged, grief or regret may be transient. One may grieve or mourn, regret, rue, or sorrow without a sound; he bemoans with suppressed and often inarticulate sounds of grief; he bewails with passionate utterance, whether of inarticulate cries or of spoken words. He laments in plaintive or pathetic words, as the prophet Jeremiah in his "Lamentations." One deplores with settled sorrow which may or may not find relief in words. One is made to rue an act by some misfortune resulting, or by some penalty or vengeance inflicted because of it. One regrets a slight misfortune or a hasty word; he sorrows over the death of a friend.

   Synonyms:
   bemoan, bewail, grieve, lament, mourn, regret, rue, sorrow

   Antonyms:
   be joyful, exult, joy, make merry, rejoice, triumph

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1. deplore

   Synonyms:
   regret, lament, moorn, bewail, bemoan

   Antonyms:
   welcome, hail

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1. deploreverb

   express strong disapproval of

   "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"

   Synonyms:
   bewail, bemoan, lament

2. deplore, lament, bewail, bemoanverb

   regret strongly

   "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"

   Synonyms:
   bewail, keen, bemoan, lament

Matched Categories

1. • Complain
   • Criticize

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1. deploreverb

   Synonyms:
   mourn, bewail, lament, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over

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1. deploreverb

   Synonyms:
   lament, deprecate, bewail, regret, rue, bemoan

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1. List of paraphrases for "deplore":

   regret, lament, condemn, mourn, deplored, regrettable, regretted

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How to use deplore in a sentence?

1. Philip Hammond:

   We deplore this punishment, the deputy foreign minister of Saudi Arabia will be here in London on Thursday and I will be speaking to him directly on this issue. We have already made our views known to the Saudi authorities at the highest level.

2. Paul. F. Meekin:

   I see that the house lights are still on. Let us not deprive the neighbours any longer of the chance to deplore how drunk I am."

3. Francois Hollande:

   Parts of the opposition have been hostile to a revision of the constitution. I deplore this attitude, i have decided to end this debate.

4. Hillary Clinton again:

   I really deplore the tone of his campaign, the inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people, and his going after groups of people with hateful, incendiary rhetoric.

5. Begum Khaleda Zia:

   I, in the possible strongest terms, condemn and deplore the attack and the killing of a member of a minority religious community. They are also peace loving citizens of this soil and have the right to live in this country.