deplored

verb

Definition of deplorednext
past tense of deplore
1
as in mourned
to feel or express sorrow for a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas

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2
as in regretted
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest

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  1. mourned
  2. regretted
  3. lamented
Verb
  • On this day, in an Assad-free Damascus, he is mourned loudly by hundreds in a funeral procession that starts at the hospital where he was identified and ends at his final resting place.
    Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Throughout the six-episode second-half of Season 5, people mourned, investigators investigated, and killers were brought to frontier justice.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of mourned
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  • Walsh immediately regretted his decision.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In 2023, a Pew Research Center survey of 8,480 adults who had gotten tattoos found that 24 percent of respondents regretted getting one or more of their inkings.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of regretted
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  • President Joe Biden lamented the attack in a statement released Saturday.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
  • In an interview with state reporters Friday, Mora again lamented the intersection of the portal, postseason games and the academic calendar that puts players in this position.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of lamented
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