1
as in mourns
to feel or express sorrow for
a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas
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2
as in regrets
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest
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Recent Examples of deplores
Saft deplores this conciliatory blandness.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deplores
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As Hollywood mourns the loss of Catherine O’Hara, one of her Canadian comrades is paying tribute.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2026
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Our union mourns his loss and our thoughts are with his family, his union, and his community.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Jim regrets agreeing to a snowball fight with Dwight.—
Aurelie Corinthios,
PEOPLE,
19 Dec. 2025
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Looking back, Ruano regrets not seeing the withholding case through.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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In the same newsletter championing bovine contact, Means laments a spiritual crisis of connection to nature.—
Rina Raphael,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are once again giving couple goals as the former continues to enjoy the success of her album The Life of a Showgirl—which dropped in October—and the latter laments the end of his NFL season with the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Deplores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplores. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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