lamentable
la·men·ta·ble
adj \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
- <the lamentable cries of the women for their slain sons were heard throughout the village>
- <it's a lamentable situation, but I don't see how it can be fixed>
First Known Use of LAMENTABLE
15th century
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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)
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