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adj
Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
bad; unfortunate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: deplorable, distressing, pitiful, sad, sorry
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament + -able.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
