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Definition of deplore

express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government''s treatment of political prisoners"
regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"

Similar Words: lament, bewail, bemoan

Hyponyms: execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise

Derivational Morphology: mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter

Anagrams: redpoll, plodder, Doppler

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