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deplore

verb
/dɪˈploɹ/US/dɪˈplɔː/UK/dɪˈplo(ː)ɹ/

Etymology

From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.

  1. derived from dēplōrāre
  2. derived from deplorer
  3. derived from déplorer

Definitions

  1. To bewail

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

    • I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
    • I deplore not having listened to your advice.

  2. To condemn

    To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

    • I deplore how you treated him at the party.
    • The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
    • Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.

  3. To regard as hopeless

    To regard as hopeless; to give up.

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Derived

deploredly, deploredness, deplorement, deploringly, undeplored

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at deplore. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at deplore. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at deplore

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA