DEPLORABLE

deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry

(adjective) bad; unfortunate; “my finances were in a deplorable state”; “a lamentable decision”; “her clothes were in sad shape”; “a sorry state of affairs”

condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious

(adjective) 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”

deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched

(adjective) of very poor quality or condition; “deplorable housing conditions in the inner city”; “woeful treatment of the accused”; “woeful errors of judgment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

deplorable (comparative more deplorable, superlative most deplorable)

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.

Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion.

Synonyms

• pathetic

Noun

deplorable (plural deplorables)

A person or thing that is to be deplored.

(neologism, US politics) A Trumpist conservative, in reference to a 2016 speech by Hillary Clinton calling half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables".

Source: Wiktionary

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De*plor"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. déplorable.]

Definition: Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable. Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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