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deplored

deplored is the simple past and past participle of deplore.

Meaning of deplore

Verb

deplore (third-person singular simple present deplores, present participle deploring, simple past and past participle deplored)

  1. (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
    • I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
  2. (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
    • I deplore how you treated him at the party.
  3. (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
    • The physicians do make a kind of scruple and religion to stay with the patient after the disease is deplored; whereas, in my judgement, they ought both to inquire the skill, and to give the attendances, for the facilitating and assuaging of the pains and agonies of death.1605, Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning

Words formed from deplored

Questions about deplored

What is deplored the simple past and past participle of?
Deplored is the simple past and past participle of deplore.

Words near deplored in the dictionary

  1. deploration
  2. deplorations
  3. deplorative
  4. deplore
  5. DePlorean
  6. deplored
  7. deploredly
  8. deploredness
  9. deplorement
  10. deplorer
  11. deplorers

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