"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-."
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Lamentable
/ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/
Synonyms for "lamentable" (141 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Adjective(3 words)
abominableaffectingafflictiveaggrievedanguishedarrantatrociousawfulbasebeastlybeneath contemptbitterblameworthybleakbrutalcalamitouscareworncheerlesscomfortlesscontemptible
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Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (42)
detestabledirediscomfortingdisgustingdismaldismayingdistressfuldistressingdolefuldolorificdolorogenicdolorousdreadfuldrearydumb with griefegregiousenormousfetidfilthyflagrant
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (70)
lugubriousmelancholymiserablemonstrousmournfulmovingnastynefariousnoisomenotoriousobnoxiousodiousoffensiveoutrageouspainfulpatheticpiteouspitiablepitifulplaintive
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plangentplunged in griefpoignantrankregrettablereprehensiblerepulsiverottenruefulsadsaddeningscandalousschlockscurvyshabbyshamefulsharpshockingshoddysordidsoresorrowedsorrowfulsorrowingsqualidtearfulterribletoo badtouchingtragicuncleanuncomfortableunfortunatevilevillainouswoebegonewoefulworstworthlesswretched
Adjective(10 words)
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6 entrieslamentable conditionslamentable failurelamentable neglectlamentable outcomelamentable performancelamentable state
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2 entriesmore lamentablemost lamentable
Derivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
That was lamentable.
Source: tatoeba (4494882)
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
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And now let's discuss the lamentable state of affairs.
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