lamentable

la·men·ta·ble

adjective \lə-ˈmen-tə-bəl also ˈla-mən-\

Definition of LAMENTABLE

1

: that is to be regretted or lamented : deplorable

2

: expressing grief : mournful

— la·men·ta·ble·ness noun

— la·men·ta·bly \-blē\ adverb

Examples of LAMENTABLE

1. <the lamentable cries of the women for their slain sons were heard throughout the village>
2. <it's a lamentable situation, but I don't see how it can be fixed>

First Known Use of LAMENTABLE

15th century

Related to LAMENTABLE

Synonyms

aching, agonized, anguished, bemoaning, bewailing, bitter, deploring, doleful, dolesome, dolorous, funeral, grieving, heartbroken, mournful, lugubrious, plaintive, plangent, regretful, rueful, sorrowful, sorry, wailing, weeping, woeful

Related Words

dirgelike, elegiac (also elegiacal), melancholy; dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, tearful; brokenhearted, careworn, crestfallen, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, low-spirited, miserable, sad, triste, unhappy, woebegone; bawling, crying, groaning, howling, keening, moaning, yammering; bleeding, suffering; black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, darkening, desolate, dismal, dreary, funereal, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), joyless, low, miserable, moody, morbid, morose, pathetic, pessimistic, piteous, saturnine, somber (or sombre), sullen, wretched

Near Antonyms

delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant; bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery; laughing, smiling; blissful, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, jocund, jolly, joyous, lighthearted, merry, mirthful; encouraging, hopeful, optimistic; ecstatic, elated, euphoric, exhilarated, giddy, heady, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical)

Rhymes with LAMENTABLE

fermentable, presentable, preventable