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deploring

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verb

present participle of deplore

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deploring
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Verb
  • Lewis Hamilton is mourning the death of his beloved bulldog, Roscoe.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In the midst of the life-or-death chaos, Arisu grows closer to Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya), an athletic loner mourning the death of her mountain climber father.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Patriots may be regretting that decision after the first two weeks of the season.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Bet Wednesday is regretting that nomination now!
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The atmosphere at Charlie Kirk's memorial in Glendale, Arizona, is anything but mournful.
    Amanda Castro Mandy Taheri Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • So mournful the distant owl in Black Brooks.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some are having conversations about how dependent countries are on aid, while others are lamenting the cuts.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Andrew Harnik/Getty Images What To Know On September 13, Invita, which, according to its website, has two California locations, one in Rancho Santa Fe and the other in Carlsbad, posted pictures and messages on social media lamenting Kirk's murder.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Copeland’s mother, Maria Copeland, posted about her daughter’s funeral arrangements on Facebook.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The boy was identified as Jeremiah Gonzalez on the page, which his family started to help with funeral costs.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The most painful part, the tragedy of our lives, was that Brenda was heartbroken.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This isn't the first time the internet has been left heartbroken when a dog didn't want to play.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Remove a thin piece of peel from a lemon (for rye) or orange (for bourbon), getting as little of the bitter white pith as possible; hold the peel between your fingers with the outside facing the top of the drink and pinch slightly to express the citrus oils over the top.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The story of the bitter conflict ripping Loving County apart is inseparable from its history, one of hardship, survival, and ties to an unforgiving place that are born deep inside a person’s bones like marrow.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Deploring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deploring. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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