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.
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2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable
misfortune, or error.
“Lamentable helplessness.”
--Burke.
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3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or
ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. --
Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. --
Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
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