deploredadj.
/dɪˈplɔːd//dɪˈplɔːrɪd/ 1. Lamented, mourned for.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective]
deplorate1544
deplored1559
hopeless1566
hopelost1570
insperable1623
deplorable1684
gone duck1830
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of states or events
deplorate1544
deplored1559
hopeless1566
despaired1597
insperable1623
despaired of1635
gone duck1830
1559 Q. Kennedy Lett. to Willock in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 276 The maist deplorit heretykis quhilk euer wes.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 12 Who with deplored diseases..resort to our Baths.
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 155 His affairs were in such a desperate and deplored condition.
Derivatives
deˈploredly adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adverb]
hopelessly1616
desperately1653
deploredly1656
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 72 To be deploredly old, and affectedly young, is not only a great folly, but a grosse deformity.
deˈploredness n.
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1647 Bp. J. Hall Holy Rapture §2 The deplorednesse of our condition did but heighten that holy flame.
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 290 The deploredness of man's condition did but heighten the holy flame of Christ's love.
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