Word.ws English Dictionary

deplorate

deplorate adjective: deplorable.

Adjective

deplorate (comparative more deplorate, superlative most deplorate)

  1. (obsolete) deplorable
    • […] but seeing 'tis now evident and certain that my safety without her destruction, is in a more deplorate estate, I am most grievously affected […]1670, Richard Baker, Chronicle of the Kings of England: With Additions, page 392

Forms of deplorate

comparativemore deplorate
superlativemost deplorate

Origin of deplorate

First attested in 1544; borrowed from Latin dēplōrātus, perfect passive participle of dēplōrō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about deplorate

What does deplorate mean?
Deplorate means deplorable.
What part of speech is deplorate?
Deplorate is an adjective.

Words near deplorate in the dictionary

  1. deplorability
  2. deplorable
  3. deplorableness
  4. deplorables
  5. deplorably
  6. deplorate
  7. deploration
  8. deplorations
  9. deplorative
  10. deplore
  11. DePlorean

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deplorate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “deplorate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/deplorate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.