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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
deplorable
1. bad;
unfortunate (Freq. 2)
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
• Syn:
distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
• Similar to:
bad
• Derivationally related forms:
sorriness (for: sorry), sadness (for: sad), lament (for: lamentable)
2. of very poor quality or condition
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
• Syn:
execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched
• Similar to:
inferior
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness (for: wretched), miserableness (for: miserable)
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, reprehensible, vicious
• Similar to:
wrong
• Derivationally related forms:
reprehend (for: reprehensible), reprehensibility (for: reprehensible)
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