lamentable

Definition of lamentable in English English dictionary: Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing; {a} mournful, miserable, piriful, sad; an archaic word for mournful; "tell thou the lamentable tale of me, And send the hearers weeping to their beds"- Shakespeare; feelings If you describe something as lamentable, you mean that it is very unfortunate or disappointing. This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947 His command of English was lamentable. + lamentably lam·en·tably There are still lamentably few women surgeons They have failed lamentably. very unsatisfactory or disappointing = terrible; Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance; Miserable; pitiful; paltry; in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense; Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error; bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"; {s} regrettable, unfortunate, deplorable; mournful, sad (rare); lachrymable; grievable; wailful; funest
lament: To bewail
lament: A song expressing grief
lament: An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness
lament: To express grief
lament: {v} to grieve, weep, mourn, bewail, regret
lament: {n} an expression of sorrow
lamentably: {a} with sorrow, pitifully, sadly
Lamentably: deploredly
lament: A mournful piece, either meant to be played at a funeral, or to commemorate a death
lament: Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping
lament: If you lament something, you express your sadness, regret, or disappointment about it. Ken began to lament the death of his only son He laments that people in Villa El Salvador are suspicious of the police `Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas,' he lamented
lament: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child
lament: A slow, mournful instrumental tune
lament: To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail
lament: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
lament: Any poem expressing mournful regret or profound grief over the loss of some person or former state, or for some other misfortune
lament: Someone's lament is an expression of their sadness, regret, or disappointment about something. She spoke of the professional woman's lament that a woman's judgment is questioned more than a man's
lament: A lament is a poem, song, or piece of music which expresses sorrow that someone has died. a song, piece of music, or something that you say, that expresses a feeling of sadness
lament: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
lament: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
lament: An expression of grief
lament: Generally, a sorrowful piece of music for sad occasions More specifically, a type of music for bagpipes played at Scottish clan funerals
lament: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child
lament: To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn
lament: An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like
lament: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
lament: {f} mourn aloud, wail, express sorrow, grieve for; bewail, bemoan, regret
lament: {i} wailing, mourning, bewailing; mournful song, cry of grief; complaint
lament: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
lamentably: Regrettably. In a manner deserving or inspiring lamentation
lamentably: regretfully, sorrowfully

lamentable

Hyphenation

lam·en·ta·ble

Turkish pronunciation

lımentıbıl

Synonyms

afflictive, awful, bad, calamitous, deplorable, dire, dirty, distressing, doleful, dolorous, god-awful, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, hurting

Antonyms

cheering, fortunate, good, lucky, satisfactory

Pronunciation

/ləˈmentəbəl/ /ləˈmɛntəbəl/

Etymology

[ 'la-m&n-t&-b&l, &d ] (adjective.) 15th century. From Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).

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