deplore

present singular third person deplores · participle present deploring · participle past deplored · past deplored

1. transitiveTo bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

   I deplore not having listened to your advice.

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   I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.

   Synonyms: bewail, lament, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail

2. transitiveTo condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

   I deplore how you treated him at the party.

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   The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.

   Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.

   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

   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)

   Synonyms: censure, condemn, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, clobber

3. obsoleteTo 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

   Synonyms: cede, yield, abandon, bend, capitulate, cave in, cede, fall in line