lamentable Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite bad; unfortunate
distressing; sad; pitiful; deplorable; sorry.
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
WordNet
Lam"en*ta*ble adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
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Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; "Lamentable eye." Spenser.as, a .lamentable countenance -
Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; "Lamentable helplessness." Burke.as, a .lamentable misfortune, or error -
Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or idiculous sense. Bp. Stillingfleet. --Lam"en*ta*ble*ness , n. --Lam"en*ta*bly , adv.