deplorable

UK: /dɪˈplɔːrəb^əl/

US: /dɪˈplɔrəbəl/

US: (di plôr′ə bəl, -plōr′-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

de•plor•a•ble /dɪˈplɔrəbəl/   adj. 

1. causing or being a subject for grief or regret;
   lamentable:
   deplorable living conditions.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

de•plor•a•ble  (di plôr′ə bəl, -plōr′-), adj. 

1. causing or being a subject for grief or regret;
   lamentable:
   the deplorable death of a friend.
2. causing or being a subject for censure, reproach, or disapproval;
   wretched;
   very bad:
   This room is in deplorable order. You have deplorable manners!

• Middle French, equivalent. to deplor(er) (see deplore) + -able -able
• French déplorable
• 1605–15

de•plor′a•ble•ness, de•plor′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
de•plor′a•bly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

deplorable / dɪˈplɔːrəb^əl/ adjective

1. lamentable
2. worthy of censure or reproach; very bad

deˈplorably adverb