lamentable

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective bad; unfortunate

Etymology

From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament + -able.

In classic literature

Synonyms

deplorable, distressing, pitiful, sad, sorry

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