lamentable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/
- (US) audio
- /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most lamentable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more lamentable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unlamentable · lamentability · lamentableness · lamentably
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Relateds
elegiac · threnodial · sadden · lament · dirgeful · reportable · elegiacal · scornworthy · threnodic
Synonyms
sad · saddening · heartbreaking · atrabilious · grievous · regrettable · upsetting · woeful · woebegone · rueful · heartrending · deplorable · tragic · sorrowful · lamentable · mournful · miserable · distressing · unhappy · atrabiliary · depressing · lachrymable
Translations (17)
ru приско́рбный (deplorable) · ru плаче́вный (deplorable) · es lamentable (deplorable) · ar مُؤْسِف (deplorable) · de beklagenswert (deplorable) · la flēbilis (deplorable) · az acınacaqlı (deplorable) · fr lamentable (deplorable) · ca lamentable (deplorable) · fr déplorable (deplorable) · nrf lamentabl'ye (deplorable) · ja 嘆かわしい (deplorable) · bg печален (deplorable) · it lamentabile (deplorable) · pt lamentável (deplorable) · cmn 可悲 (deplorable) · fi valitettava (deplorable)