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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)
Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
• See also lamentable
Source: Wiktionary
Lam"en*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. lamentabilis : cf. F. lamentable.]
1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. "Lamentable eye." Spenser.
2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." Burke.
3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or Bp. Stillingfleet.
– Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n.
– Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
