deplorable
deplorable Lexical Profile
deplorable Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, shameful, or unacceptable in quality or moral character.
"The inspection revealed that the historic building had fallen into a deplorable state of disrepair."
Causing or worthy of great grief, regret, or lamentation; deeply unfortunate.
"The sudden closure of the community hospital was a deplorable loss for the rural county."
• noun
American A person regarded as having contemptible or socially unacceptable views, or one who adopts the label ironically as a badge of populist pride (usually used in the plural).
"Political commentators analyzed how the term was reclaimed by voters who proudly referred to themselves as deplorables."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Middle French déplorable, from Late Latin deplorabilis ('lamentable'), derived from Latin deplorare ('to weep bitterly over or give up for lost'), combining de- ('completely') and plorare ('to weep or cry out').