| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To regret, pity or repent.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb deplore.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (deplore) | 1. Express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners".[Wordnet]. 2. Regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action".[Wordnet]. 3. To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.[Websters]. 4. To complain of.[Websters]. 5. To regard as hopeless; to give up.[Websters]. 6. To lament.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: deploring, deplored, deplores, deplorer, deplorers, deploringly and deploredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DEPLORING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPLORING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Bewailing; deeply lamenting.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of deplore. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
