deplorable

deplorable is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
2. adjective. bad; unfortunate

   "my finances were in a deplorable state"

   "a lamentable decision"

   Synonyms: distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry

3. adjective. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

   "a criminal waste of talent"

   "a deplorable act of violence"

   Synonyms: condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, vicious

4. adjective. of very poor quality or condition

   "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"

   "woeful treatment of the accused"

   Synonyms: execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched

Synonyms

distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry, condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, vicious, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched

Common word forms

deplorableness

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