deploredness

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noun

The state of being deplored or deplorable.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

noundeploredness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being deplored or deplorable.

    But for thee, O blessed Jesu, so ardent was thy love to us, that it was not in the power of our extreme misery to abate it; yea, so as that the deploredness of our condition did but heighten that holy flame.

    1647, Joseph Hall, An Holy Rapture; or, A Pathetical Meditation of the Love of Christ

Origin

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APA

deploredness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deploredness

MLA

“deploredness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deploredness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deploredness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deploredness.

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