deplore

About 0.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

   I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.

2. verb To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

   I deplore how you treated him at the party.

3. verb To regard as hopeless; to give up.

Similar words

lament bemoan bewail regret mourn lamented complain moan regrettable reprimand

Often followed by

the it this his that their and in its

Word family

deplored deplorer deplorers deplores deploring deploringly