One must deplore such bad behavior.
Source: tatoeba (49821)
Deplore
//dɪˈploɹ//
Synonyms for "deplore" (134 found)
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30 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κατοδύρομαι verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Bulgarian
4 entries- не одобрявам verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
- оплаквам verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- осъждам verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
- съжалявам verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Dutch
2 entries- betreuren verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- verwerpen verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
Esperanto
1 entries- priplori verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Finnish
2 entries- tuntea mielipahaa verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- valittaa verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
French
1 entries- déplorer verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
German
2 entries- bedauern verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- verdammen verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
Greek
3 entries- αποδοκιμάζω verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- θλίβομαι verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- οικτίρω verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Māori
2 entries- tirohura verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
- whakakino verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
Polish
1 entries- opłakiwać verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Romanian
1 entries- plânge verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Russian
3 entries- опла́кивать verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- осужда́ть verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
- сожале́ть verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- caoidh verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- caoin verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Spanish
1 entries- deplorar verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Ukrainian
4 entries- засуджувати verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
- не погоджуватися verb (transitive: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of)
- оплакувати verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
- шкодувати verb (to bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We deplore your cruelty to animals.
Source: tatoeba (70431)
"Go then", cries Pyrrhus, "with thy tale of woe / to dead Pelides, and thy plaints outpour. / To him, my father, in the shades below, / these deeds of his degenerate son deplore."
Source: tatoeba (6848128)
So to his shade, with funeral rites, we rear / a mound, and altars to the dead prepare, / wreathed with dark cypress. Round them, as of yore, / pace Troy's sad matrons, with their streaming hair. / Warm milk from bowls, and holy blood we pour, / and thrice with loud farewell the peaceful shade deplore.
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