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deplore |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deplore \De*plore"\, v. i. To lament. --Gray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deplore \De*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deplored}; p. pr & vb n. {Deploring}.] [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf F. d['e]plorer. Cf Flow.] 1. To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over To find her or forever to deplore Her loss --Milton. As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. --Pope. 2. To complain of [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To regard as hopeless; to give up [Obs.] --Bacon. Syn: To {Deplore}, {Mourn}, {Lament}, {Bewail}, {Bemoan}. Usage: Mourn is the generic term, denoting a state of grief or sadness. To lament is to express grief by outcries, and denotes an earnest and strong expression of sorrow. To deplore marks a deeper and more prolonged emotion. To bewail and to bemoan are appropriate only to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and sobs. A man laments his errors, and deplores the ruin they have brought on his family; mothers bewail or bemoan the loss of their children. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deplore v 1: express strong disapproval of "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners" 2: regret strongly [syn: {lament}, {bewail}, {bemoan}, {regret}]
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