deplorableadj.n.

/dɪˈplɔːrəb(ə)l/

Etymology: modern < Latin dēplōrāre to deplore v.: see -ble suffix. Compare French déplorable (c1600 in Hatzfeld, not in Cotgrave 1611).

A. adj.

a. To be deplored or lamented; lamentable, very sad, grievous, miserable, wretched. Now chiefly used of events, conditions, circumstances.‘It is sometimes, in a more lax and jocular sense, used for contemptible; despicable: as, deplorable nonsense; deplorable stupidity’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable

ruefulc1225

pietousa1393

weepablec1449

pitifulc1450

lamentablec1460

pitiablec1475

implorable1535

moanworthy1540

wailfula1547

wailsome1566

tristsum1567

moanful1573

souspirable1594

bemoanable1611

bewailable1611

deplorable1612

criminal1792

1612 E. Grimeston (title) Mathieu's Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of The most Christian King Henry the Fourth.

a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iv. ii. 154 The storie of your most deplorable fortune.

a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 284 He..does betray A deplorable want of Sense.

1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 The deplorable Ignorance that..hath reigned among our English Writers.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 330 The people beheld the deplorable situation of their sovereign with insensibility.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 160 If climbing without guides were to become habitual, deplorable consequences would.. ensue.

†b. Formerly said of persons or things of which the state is lamentable or wretched. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective]

unledeeOE

sorryOE

evila1131

usellc1175

wanlichec1275

bad1276

sorry1372

meana1375

caitiff1393

loddera1400

woefula1400

foulc1400

wretched1450

meschant?1473

unselc1480

peevisha1522

miser1542

scurvy?1577

forlorn1582

villainous1582

measled1596

lamented1611

thrallfula1618

despicable1635

deplorable1642

so-and-so1656

poorish1657

squalida1660

lamentable1676

mesquina1706

shan1714

execrable1738

quisby1807

hole in the wall1822

measly1847

bum1878

shag-bag1888

snidey1890

pathetic1900

1642 J. March Argument Militia 13 Our deplorable brethren, and neighbours.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. v. 291 A deplorable and comfortlesse Winter.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 111 Thou pretendest a right..to the deplorable Town of Mansoul.

†2. Given up as hopeless; = deplorate adj. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective]

deplorate1544

deplored1559

hopeless1566

hopelost1570

insperable1623

deplorable1684

gone duck1830

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 300 That not deplorable persons, but such as have strength, be tapped.

B. n.

plural. Deplorable ills.

ΚΠ

1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 10 Apr. (1941) 222 An old fellow, mauld with rheumatism and other deplorables.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	deplorable
释义	deplorableadj.n. /dɪˈplɔːrəb(ə)l/ Etymology: modern < Latin dēplōrāre to deplore v.: see -ble suffix. Compare French déplorable (c1600 in Hatzfeld, not in Cotgrave 1611). A. adj. 1. a. To be deplored or lamented; lamentable, very sad, grievous, miserable, wretched. Now chiefly used of events, conditions, circumstances.‘It is sometimes, in a more lax and jocular sense, used for contemptible; despicable: as, deplorable nonsense; deplorable stupidity’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable ruefulc1225 pietousa1393 weepablec1449 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 pitiablec1475 implorable1535 moanworthy1540 wailfula1547 wailsome1566 tristsum1567 moanful1573 souspirable1594 bemoanable1611 bewailable1611 deplorable1612 criminal1792 1612 E. Grimeston (title) Mathieu's Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of The most Christian King Henry the Fourth. a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iv. ii. 154 The storie of your most deplorable fortune. a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 284 He..does betray A deplorable want of Sense. 1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 The deplorable Ignorance that..hath reigned among our English Writers. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 330 The people beheld the deplorable situation of their sovereign with insensibility. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 160 If climbing without guides were to become habitual, deplorable consequences would.. ensue. †b. Formerly said of persons or things of which the state is lamentable or wretched. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective] unledeeOE sorryOE evila1131 usellc1175 wanlichec1275 bad1276 sorry1372 meana1375 caitiff1393 loddera1400 woefula1400 foulc1400 wretched1450 meschant?1473 unselc1480 peevisha1522 miser1542 scurvy?1577 forlorn1582 villainous1582 measled1596 lamented1611 thrallfula1618 despicable1635 deplorable1642 so-and-so1656 poorish1657 squalida1660 lamentable1676 mesquina1706 shan1714 execrable1738 quisby1807 hole in the wall1822 measly1847 bum1878 shag-bag1888 snidey1890 pathetic1900 1642 J. March Argument Militia 13 Our deplorable brethren, and neighbours. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. v. 291 A deplorable and comfortlesse Winter. View more context for this quotation 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 111 Thou pretendest a right..to the deplorable Town of Mansoul. View more context for this quotation †2. Given up as hopeless; = deplorate adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] deplorate1544 deplored1559 hopeless1566 hopelost1570 insperable1623 deplorable1684 gone duck1830 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 300 That not deplorable persons, but such as have strength, be tapped. B. n. plural. Deplorable ills. ΚΠ 1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 10 Apr. (1941) 222 An old fellow, mauld with rheumatism and other deplorables. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.n.1612
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