lamentable
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lamentable
- /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/
- /ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/
Where it comes from
From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament + -able.
adjective more lamentable · most lamentable
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Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
In what a lamentable caſe were I,
If Nature had not giuen me wiſedomes lore?
Similar: atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, miserable, lamentable, lachrymable, mournful
Opposite: cheerful
Thesaurus
adjective
Opposite: cheerful
Translations
Every language
adj deplorable
| Español | lamentable |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 嘆かわしい nagekawashii |
| 中文 | 可悲 kěbēi |
| Português | lamentável |
| Français | lamentable, déplorable |
| Deutsch | beklagenswert |
| Italiano | lamentabile |
| Русский | плаче́вный plačévnyj, приско́рбный priskórbnyj |
| العربية | مُؤْسِف muʔsif |
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