Found 2 items, similar to lamentable.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lamentable lamentable adj 1: an archaic word for mournful; “tell thou the lamentable tale of me, And send the hearers weeping to their beds”- Shakespeare 2: bad; unfortunate; “my finances were in a deplorable state”; “a lamentable decision”; “her clothes were in sad shape”; “a sorry state of affairs” [syn: deplorable, distressing, pitiful, sad, sorry]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lamentable Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] “Lamentable eye.” --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. “Lamentable helplessness.” --Burke. [1913 Webster] 3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]