/dɪˈplɔːɹəbəɫ/► audioScrabble 15Words With Friends 19
Definition
adjective bad.
— synonyms: distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
adjective of very poor quality or condition.
— synonyms: execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched
adjective bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure.
— synonyms: condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, vicious
Examples
“Poor children are often accused of having deplorable manners, when they are, in fact, simply responding to society in ways that mirror how society treats them.”
“We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son.”