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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

lamentable
    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. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

Thesaurus Results for Lamentable:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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