1. feel or express strong disapproval of (something):"we deplore this act of violence"Similarabhorbe shocked bybe offended bybe scandalized byfind unacceptablebe againstfrown ondisapprove oftake a dim view oflook askance attake exception todetestdespiseexecratecondemndenouncedecrydeprecatecensuredamnregretexpress regret aboutlamentmournruebemoanbewailcomplain aboutgrieve overexpress sorrow aboutsorrow oversigh overcry overweep overshed tears overbeat one's breast aboutwring one's hands overarchaic:plain overOppositeadmireapplaud
Word Originmid 16th century (in the sense ‘weep for, regret deeply’): from French déplorer or Italian deplorare, from Latin deplorare, from de- ‘away, thoroughly’ + plorare ‘bewail’.
