overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

deplore.

To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɪˈploɹ/General-American/dɪˈplɔː/Received-Pronunciation/dɪˈplo(ː)ɹ//dɪˈploə/
  1. To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

    transitive
    I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
    I deplore not having listened to your advice.
  2. To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

    transitive
    I deplore how you treated him at the party.
    The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
  3. To regard as hopeless; to give up.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

deplore has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

deplore studiodeplore workshello, deplore

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.