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adjective

Definition of deploringnext
as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning a deploring look on his face long after the funeral had ended

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deploring

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verb

present participle of deplore
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as in mourning
to feel or express sorrow for a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deploring
  1. weeping
  2. mourning
  3. mournful
  4. lamenting
  5. funeral
  6. heartbroken
  7. bitter
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Definition of weeping
Verb
  • The Hip-Hop community has been mourning the loss of Rich Homie Quan ever since the unfortunate news came out in September.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Hollywood is mourning the loss of trailblazing actor John Amos.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of mourning
Adjective
  • Very few directors working today can put across a movie like Gladiator II as convincingly, which perhaps explains why the sequel — for all its barbaric violence and the plaintive, at times stirring, discussions about justice and democracy — doesn’t have the mournful quality that the first film did.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Russell Crowe beating people to death in a soulful, mournful way?
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of mournful
Verb
  • During her Holy Fvck tour, the singer wrote a series of Instagram Stories posts lamenting the grind of the touring lifestyle.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Fans of the band had expressed their anger at the difficult process trying to secure tickets for the reunion tour, specifically lamenting that Ticketmaster was selling tickets at roughly twice the price of the original face value.
    Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of lamenting
Adjective
  • A little over a year later, Dallas County struck a similar deal, with one major difference: While Tarrant County families who couldn’t afford to make funeral arrangements were given an option to donate their relatives’ bodies to the center, Dallas County gave survivors no choice.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The deceased who are buried at the site would likely have been burnt on funeral pyres.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of funeral
Adjective
  • Monét began her tweet with five heartbroken emojis.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Animal lovers have been left heartbroken by a dog who has already been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her young life.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of heartbroken
Adjective
  • Cooking with beer concentrates its flavors, amplifying any bitter notes.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Anyone who requires evidence need only look at Steve Cooper, who found to his detriment that crossing the bitter East Midlands divide from Nottingham Forest to Leicester City was an insurmountable task.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of bitter
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