Synonyms of lamentable

lamentable

adjective

lə-ˈmen-tə-bəl 

1

as in mournful

expressing or suggesting mourning

the lamentable cries of the women for their slain sons were heard throughout the village

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mournful
• weeping
• heartbroken
• funeral
• bitter
• sad
• wailing
• grieving
• woeful
• sorrowful
• sorry
• melancholy
• unhappy
• doleful
• anguished
• regretful
• lugubrious
• dolorous
• tearful
• agonized
• aching
• rueful
• plaintive
• somber
• depressed
• bewailing
• plangent
• bemoaning
• crying
• deploring
• bleak
• morbid
• funereal
• dark
• pathetic
• dolesome
• miserable
• disconsolate
• elegiac
• dejected
• gloomy
• dispirited
• woebegone
• inconsolable
• heartsick
• downcast
• crestfallen
• darkening
• keening
• forlorn
• desolate
• dismal
• wretched
• glum
• careworn
• piteous
• despondent
• groaning
• bleeding
• suffering
• moaning
• moody
• dirgelike
• cheerless
• brokenhearted
• howling
• gray
• downhearted
• pessimistic
• joyless
• dreary
• black
• morose
• low-spirited
• low
• sullen
• comfortless
• heartsore
• saturnine
• triste
• bawling
• yammering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• triumphant
• happy
• joyful
• delighted
• cheerful
• cheery
• bright
• smiling
• laughing
• rejoicing
• joyous
• merry
• exulting
• jolly
• blissful
• optimistic
• mirthful
• buoyant
• blithe
• lighthearted
• hopeful
• encouraging
• glorying
• cheering
• ecstatic
• rapturous
• giddy
• blithesome
• euphoric
• jocund
• rhapsodic
• heady
• elated
• exhilarated

2

as in tragic

of a kind to cause great distress

it's a lamentable situation, but I don't see how it can be fixed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tragic
• unfortunate
• terrible
• regrettable
• deplorable
• horrible
• woeful
• grievous
• shocking
• distressing
• disturbing
• sad
• unlucky
• painful
• dire
• distressful
• disastrous
• awful
• dreadful
• sickening
• pitiful
• unsettling
• heartbreaking
• troublesome
• miserable
• fearful
• severe
• wretched
• piteous
• alarming
• doleful
• unbearable
• heartrending
• vexatious
• horrifying
• poignant
• traumatic
• overwhelming
• crushing
• intolerable
• calamitous
• touching
• moving
• affecting
• excruciating
• harrowing
• ruthful
• perturbing
• sharp
• raging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gratifying
• satisfying
• rewarding
• pleasing
• encouraging
• heartening
• comforting
• inspiring
• happy
• fortunate
• lucky
• heartwarming
• cheering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lamentable

The coarsening of the debate is lamentable, but that’s not the same thing as saying coarse criticism is an incitement to violence. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026

Listeners are left to infer a link between pushy Jews and the lamentable state of the country. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2026

Newcastle’s record against the present top 11 is lamentable, with only four league wins from 17 matches. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026

That lack of trust in America, and in particular the American president, is understandable, but deeply lamentable. — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026