Dictionary Entry
deplore
deplore is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.
- 2transitive verb
To complain of.
- 3transitive verb
To regard as hopeless; to give up.
- 4intransitive verb
To lament.
- 5verb
express strong disapproval of
"We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"
- 6verb
regret strongly
"I deplore this hostile action"
"we lamented the loss of benefits"
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