deplore.
To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
Meaning & usage
To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
I deplore not having listened to your advice.
To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
I deplore how you treated him at the party.
The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
To regard as hopeless; to give up.
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.
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