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deploredness

deploredness noun: the state of being deplored or deplorable.

Noun

deploredness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being deplored or deplorable.
    • But for thee, O blessed Jesu, so ardent was thy love to us, that it was not in the power of our extreme misery to abate it; yea, so as that the deploredness of our condition did but heighten that holy flame.1647, Joseph Hall, An Holy Rapture; or, A Pathetical Meditation of the Love of Christ

Origin of deploredness

From deplored + -ness.

Questions about deploredness

What does deploredness mean?
Deploredness means the state of being deplored or deplorable.
What part of speech is deploredness?
Deploredness is a noun.

Words near deploredness in the dictionary

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

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