"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" (156 found)
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Closest matches (32)
distressingabominableaffectingafflictiveaggrievedanguishedarrantatrociousawfulbasebeastlybeneath contemptbitterblameworthybleakbrutalcalamitouscareworncheerlesscomfortless
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Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (78)
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7 entriessimilar
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17 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُؤْسِف adj (deplorable)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- acınacaqlı adj (deplorable)
Bulgarian
1 entries- печален adj (deplorable)
Catalan
1 entries- lamentable adj (deplorable)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 可悲 adj (deplorable)
Finnish
1 entries- valitettava adj (deplorable)
French
2 entries- déplorable adj (deplorable)
- lamentable adj (deplorable)
German
1 entries- beklagenswert adj (deplorable)
Italian
1 entries- lamentabile adj (deplorable)
Japanese
1 entries- 嘆かわしい adj (deplorable)
Latin
1 entries- flēbilis adj (deplorable)
Norman
1 entries- lamentabl'ye adj (deplorable)
Portuguese
1 entries- lamentável adj (deplorable)
Russian
2 entries- плаче́вный adj (deplorable)
- приско́рбный adj (deplorable)
Spanish
1 entries- lamentable adj (deplorable)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
That was lamentable.
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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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