Dictionary

deplore en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈplɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈplo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈploə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• /dɪˈploɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
   • I deplore not having listened to your advice.
   • 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.
   • The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
   • Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.
   • Well, Minister, in practical terms we have the usual six options. One: do nothing. Two: issue a statement deploring the speech. Three: lodge an official protest. Four: cut off aid. Five: break off diplomatic relations. And six: declare war. 1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Official Visit”, in Yes, Minister, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
   • Sir Thomas Royden, Chairman of the L.M.S.R., and Mr. Robert Holland-Martin, Chairman of the Southern Railway, both deplored the wholesale robbery and petty pilferage which have increased until they have reached appalling dimensions. 1942 May-June, “Theft on the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:
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:

Forms

Deriveds

deploringly · deploredly · undeplored · deplorement · deploredness

Relateds

deploration · deplorable

Synonyms

give somebody a piece of one's mind · censure · slam · pooh-pooh · give somebody what-for · reprimand · submit · deprecate · yield · lash · elegize · bemourn · repent · lament · lace into · bash · reproach · bewail · read somebody the riot act · get down · wail · animadvert · scold · knuckle under · skewer · deplore · lecture · slash · objurgate · rebuke · bend · chew out · upbraid · mourn · give in · tick off · wave the white flag · deplore · relinquish · cave in · give way · beweep · dispraise · censure · eat someone alive · turn in · rubbish · abandon · reprehend · throw up one's hands · threap · tear into · get at · condole · chastise · keelhaul · slate · tilt · grieven · drag · strike the flag · throw in the towel · grieve · fulminate · condemn · mean · bewail · begrieve · surrender · criticize · lambaste · find fault · sigh · blast · keen · put someone on blast · savage · sorrow · wayment · light into · afterthink · charge · rip into · berisp · condemn · admonish · cannonade · give up · capitulate · strike the colors · lay into · tell off · berate · denounce · excoriate · bemoan · blame · becry · vilify · give over · derogate · bawl out · pine · denunciate · cede · get up · vituperate · castigate · scorch · rate · tosh · strike one's flag · lament · dress down · inveigh · fall in line · reprove · chide · cede · yield

Translations (30)

el αποδοκιμάζω (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · ro plânge (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · eo priplori (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · gd caoin (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · ru опла́кивать (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · pl opłakiwać (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · es deplorar (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · de bedauern (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · mi whakakino (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · bg осъждам (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · grc κατοδύρομαι (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · uk шкодувати (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · bg не одобрявам (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · uk не погоджуватися (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · uk оплакувати (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · nl verwerpen (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · de verdammen (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · nl betreuren (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · mi tirohura (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · el οικτίρω (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · gd caoidh (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · bg оплаквам (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · fr déplorer (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · bg съжалявам (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · fi tuntea mielipahaa (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · ru осужда́ть (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · uk засуджувати (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of) · el θλίβομαι (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · ru сожале́ть (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for) · fi valittaa (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)