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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
deplorable
    adj 1: 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, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry]
    2: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
       conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
       accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
       execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
    3: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal
       waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery
       is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" [syn:
       condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible,
       vicious]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deplorable \De*plor"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]plorable.]
   Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing
   grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's
   evils are deplorable.
   [1913 Webster]

         Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable
         conditious than any others.              --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for deplorable:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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