deplore

See also: déploré, déplore, and deploré

English

Etymology

From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- +‎ plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈplɔɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈplɔː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /dɪˈplo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /dɪˈploə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: de‧plore

Verb

deplore (third-person singular simple present deplores, present participle deploring, simple past and past participle deplored)

1. (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

   I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.

   I deplore not having listened to your advice.

2. (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

   I deplore how you treated him at the party.

   The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.

   Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.

   • 1942 May-June, “Theft on the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:

     Sir Thomas Royden, Chairman of the L.M.S.R., and Mr. Robert Holland-Martin, Chairman of the Southern Railway, both deplored the wholesale robbery and petty pilferage which have increased until they have reached appalling dimensions.

   • 1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Official Visit”, in Yes, Minister, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):

     Well, Minister, in practical terms we have the usual six options. One: do nothing. Two: issue a statement deploring the speech. Three: lodge an official protest. Four: cut off aid. Five: break off diplomatic relations. And six: declare war.

3. (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.

Synonyms

• bewail
• condemn

Derived terms

• deploredly
• deploredness
• deplorement
• deploringly
• undeplored

 

Related terms

• deplorable
• deploration

Translations

to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for

• Bulgarian: оплаквам (bg) (oplakvam), съжалявам (bg) (sǎžaljavam)
• Dutch: betreuren (nl)
• Esperanto: priplori
• Finnish: tuntea mielipahaa (+ elative), valittaa (fi)
• French: déplorer (fr)
• German: bedauern (de)
• Greek: οικτίρω (el) (oiktíro), θλίβομαι (el) (thlívomai), αποδοκιμάζω (el) (apodokimázo)

  Ancient: κατοδύρομαι (katodúromai)

• Polish: opłakiwać (pl)
• Romanian: plânge (ro)
• Russian: опла́кивать (ru) (oplákivatʹ), сожале́ть (ru) (sožalétʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin
• Spanish: deplorar (es)
• Ukrainian: оплакувати (oplakuvaty), шкодувати (škoduvaty)

transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of

• Bulgarian: осъждам (bg) (osǎždam), не одобрявам (ne odobrjavam)
• Dutch: verwerpen (nl)
• German: verdammen (de)
• Maori: whakakino, tirohura (shown by looks not by words)
• Russian: осужда́ть (ru) (osuždátʹ)
• Ukrainian: засуджувати (zasudžuvaty), не погоджуватися (ne pohodžuvatysja)

Further reading

• “deplore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “deplore”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “deplore”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• redpole

Portuguese

Verb

deplore

1. inflection of deplorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

deplore

1. inflection of deplorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative