Lamentable
/ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
"In what a lamentable caſe were I, If Nature had not giuen me wiſedomes lore?"
Adjective
- 1 bad; unfortunate wordnet
Example
More examples""If any of you survive this fatal night and return to Jamaica tell the admiral that I was in search of the pirate when this lamentable occurrence took place; tell him I hope I have always done my duty, and that I-.""
Etymology
From Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).