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Synonyms & Antonyms of deploring
(Entry 1 of 2)
expressing or suggesting mourning
- a deploring look on his face long after the funeral had ended
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- dirgelike,
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- melancholy
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- tearful
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- ecstatic,
- elated,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
deploring
verbpresent participle of deplore
Synonyms & Antonyms of deploring (Entry 2 of 2)
1
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
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
- deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest
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- delighting (in),
- enjoying,
- relishing,
- reveling (in)
- (or revelling (in)),
- savoring
- (also savouring)
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