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Deplorable

//dɪˈplɔːɹəbl̩// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    To be deplored.; To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable.

    "We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son."

  2. 2
    To be deplored.; Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.

    "Poor children suffer permanent damage due to deplorable living conditions and deplorable treatment by law enforcement."

Adjective
  1. 1
    bad; unfortunate wordnet
  2. 2
    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure wordnet
  3. 3
    of very poor quality or condition wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person or thing that is to be deplored.

    "[W]hat better is an old fellow, mauled with rheumatism and other deplorables."

  2. 2
    A supporter of Donald Trump. US, derogatory, neologism, specifically

    "He [Donald Trump] did not say who “the guys” were—but [John Maguire] Dowd knew he meant the Trump base, the crowds at his rallies, the Fox News watchers, the deplorables."

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *de The adjective is borrowed from French déplorable (“lamentable, regrettable”), or from its etymon Late Latin dēplōrābilis + English -able (suffix meaning ‘relevant to, suitable to’). Dēplōrābilis is derived from Latin dēplōrō (“to bemoan, complain about; to bewail, lament, deplore”) + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’); while dēplōrō is from dē- (intensifying prefix) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain; to lament, deplore”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). By surface analysis, deplore + -able. The noun is derived from the adjective. Noun sense 2 refers to a campaign speech by the American politician and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (born 1947) during the 2016 United States presidential election calling half of the supporters of her Republican opponent Donald Trump (born 1946) a “basket of deplorables”.

Etymology 2

PIE word *de The adjective is borrowed from French déplorable (“lamentable, regrettable”), or from its etymon Late Latin dēplōrābilis + English -able (suffix meaning ‘relevant to, suitable to’). Dēplōrābilis is derived from Latin dēplōrō (“to bemoan, complain about; to bewail, lament, deplore”) + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’); while dēplōrō is from dē- (intensifying prefix) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain; to lament, deplore”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). By surface analysis, deplore + -able. The noun is derived from the adjective. Noun sense 2 refers to a campaign speech by the American politician and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (born 1947) during the 2016 United States presidential election calling half of the supporters of her Republican opponent Donald Trump (born 1946) a “basket of deplorables”.

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