VocadayGet the app

deplorable

/dɪˈplɔːɹəbəɫ/adjective

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.

Example sentences

  • Poor children are often accused of having deplorable manners, when they are, in fact, simply responding to society in ways that mirror how society treats them.
  • We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son.

Featured as word of the day on April 10, 2028.

Related words