deplore
Meanings
Verb
- express strong disapproval of
- "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"
- regret strongly
- "I deplore this hostile action"
- To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
- To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
- To regard as hopeless; to give up.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.
Synonyms
abandon, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, begrieve, bemoan, bend, berate, berisp, bewail, beweep, blast, capitulate, castigate, cave in, cede, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, condemn, condole, criticize, denounce, denunciate, deplore, drag, dress down, eat someone alive, excoriate, fall in line, find fault, fulminate, get down, get up, give in, give over, give somebody a piece of one's mind, give somebody what-for, give up, give way, grieve, grieven, inveigh, keen, knuckle under, lace into, lambaste, lament, lecture, light into, mean, mourn, objurgate, pine, pooh-pooh, put someone on blast, rate, read somebody the riot act, rebuke, relinquish, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, rip into, rubbish, savage, scold, sigh, slam, sorrow, strike one's flag, strike the colors, strike the flag, submit, surrender, tear into, tell off, threap, throw in the towel, throw up one's hands, tick off, tosh, turn in, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, wail, wave the white flag, wayment, yield
Scrabble Score: 10
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