lamentable
/ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/
lamentable adjective: causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
Adjective
lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)
- Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
- In what a lamentable caſe were I,
If Nature had not giuen me wiſedomes lore?c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC... - Moreover, in view of the lamentable present indecision of the Government in regard to electrification, the large-scale building of diesel power may prove to have been a farseeing move after all.1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86
- Synonyms:
- atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, miserable, lachrymable
- In what a lamentable caſe were I,
lamentable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
lamentable in Tamil
- வருந்தத்தக்க, துயருக்குரிய, துக்கங் கொண்டாடுதற்குரிய
lamentable in Urdu
- آزردہ, افسوسناک, برا, درد مند, غم آلودہ, غمناک
lamentable in Malayalam
- ദുഃഖകരമായ, ശോചനീയമായ
lamentable in Kannada
- ಅಳುಬರಿಸುವ, ದುಃಖಕರ, ಶೋಚನೀಯ
More languagesFewer languages
- lamentable in Arabic
- مُؤْسِف muʔsif
Synonyms of lamentable
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- deplorable
- depressing
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- mournful
- regrettable
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Antonyms
Forms of lamentable
| comparative | more lamentable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lamentable |
Origin of lamentable
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.
Words formed from lamentable
Questions about lamentable
- What does lamentable mean?
- Lamentable means causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
- What is lamentable in Tamil?
- Lamentable in Tamil is வருந்தத்தக்க, துயருக்குரிய, துக்கங் கொண்டாடுதற்குரிய. See Lamentable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lamentable?
- Lamentable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lamentable?
- Lamentable is pronounced /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/.
Words near lamentable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lamentable (page history and authors); lamentable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lamentable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lamentable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lamentable (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.
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