deplore
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Is deplore a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.Examples: "I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job."; "I deplore not having listened to your advice."Synonyms: bewail, lament, begrieve, bemoan, bewail, beweep, condole, deploretransitive
2. (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.Examples: "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."Synonyms: censure, condemn, animadvert, admonish, bash, bawl out, blast, derogatetransitive
3. (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.Examples: "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: cede, yield, abandon, bend, capitulate, cave in, cede, deploreobsolete
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