lamentable
Meaning of lamentable
- (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable.
the industry is in a lamentable state
- full of or expressing sorrow or grief.
the lamentable friends, trailing their long black garments
late Middle English (in the sense ‘mournful’, also ‘pitiable, regrettable’): from Old French, or from Latin lamentabilis, from the verb lamentari (see lament).
Information about lamentable
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which lamentable is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of lamentable
lam-en-ta-ble
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- lamentable is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
lamentable synonyms
Meaning deplorable:
deplorable, distressing, pitiful, sad, sorry
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