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Meaning of 'lamentable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lamentable [ a.]
- Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.
- Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error.
- Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.

Meaning of 'lamentable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lamentable [ s]
Meaning (1):
- bad; unfortunate
Example in sentence:
  • a lamentable decision;
  • a sorry state of affairs;
  • her clothes were in sad shape;
  • my finances were in a deplorable state

Nearby Words:

lam lama lamaic lamaism lamaist lamaistic lamaite lamantin lamarckian lamarckianism

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