Added 9 October 2026
lamentable
/ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/ adjective
In Latin: flēbilis Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lamentable at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Bad; unfortunate.
my finances were in a deplorable state
Origin
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.
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