Lamentable

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  • adjective. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable. synonym: pathetic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bo lamented; exciting or calling for sorrow; grievous: as, a lamentable deterioration of morals.
  • Expressive of grief; mournful: as, a lamentable cry.
  • Miserable; pitiful; low; poor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief.
  • adjective. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate.
  • adjective. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. bad; unfortunate
    • Word Usage
    "She pointed to what she called lamentable living standards and unbelievable corruption in this country that supplies the U.S. with crude oil."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    laughable  
    Equivalent
    bad  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    augmentable  presentable  preventable  rentable  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    appal  calamitous  deplorable  disastrous  dismal  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abominable  affecting  afflictive  aggrieved  anguished  
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