deplore
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /dɪˈplɔɹ/
- (RP) IPA: /dɪˈplɔː/
- (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /dɪˈplo(ː)ɹ/
- (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /dɪˈploə/
deplore (deplores, present participle deploring; past and past participle deplored)
- (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
- I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
- The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
- I deplore not having listened to your advice.
- (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
- I deplore how you treated him at the party.
- Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.
- (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning
- The physicians do make a kind of scruple and religion to stay with the patient after the disease is deplored; whereas, in my judgement, they ought both to inquire the skill, and to give the attendances, for the facilitating and assuaging of the pains and agonies of death.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning
- Russian: осужда́ть
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