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