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
But Goldsworthy deplores the city dweller’s notion of the countryside as a picturesque escape.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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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Another family quietly grieves in North Carolina While the string of attacks rattles several communities in Georgia, Prianna Weathers’ mother mourns privately in her North Carolina home.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
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Webster mourns 4th grader's death Police closed off the road in front of the family's home for a vigil Monday night.—
Brandon Truitt,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Without naming names, the documentary says that Michaels regrets inviting some people to host.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sharpen and clean your tools This is the task almost everyone skips — and almost everyone regrets skipping.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Barbara Deer and her son Kaleb died in a murder-suicide, officials said, sending shockwaves through Chicago political circles as the city’s West Side laments the losses in one of its most prominent families.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Willy laments to his stout and thankless wife, Linda (Laurie Metcalf, upholding her reputation as a Broadway MVP), that buyers on the road laugh at him — that one even called him a shrimp.—
Naveen Kumar,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Deplores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplores. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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