Dictionary entries for 'deplore'

Synonyms

de·plore (dĭ-plôŕ, -plōŕ)

[French déplorer, lament, regret, from Latin dēplōrāre, dē-, de-, + plōrāre, to wail.]

transitive verb: -plored, -plor·ing, -plores.

To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn: “Somehow we had to master events, not simply deplore them” (Henry A. Kissinger)
To express sorrow or grief over.
To regret; bemoan.