"lamentable" meaning in English

See lamentable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/, /ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-lamentable.wav [US] Forms: more lamentable [comparative], most lamentable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|lamentable}} Middle French lamentable, {{der|en|la|lāmentābilis||full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable}} Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), {{m|la|lāmentor||lament}} lāmentor (“lament”), {{m|la|lāmenta||wailing, weeping}} lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)
  1. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing. Derived forms: lamentability, lamentableness, lamentably Related terms: lament, depressing, heartbreaking, reportable, tragic Translations (deplorable): مُؤْسِف (muʔsif) (Arabic), acınacaqlı (Azerbaijani), печален (pečalen) (Bulgarian), lamentable (Catalan), 可悲 (kěbēi) (Chinese Mandarin), valitettava (Finnish), lamentable (French), déplorable (French), beklagenswert (German), lamentabile (Italian), 嘆かわしい (nagekawashii) (alt: なげかわしい) (Japanese), flēbilis (Latin), lamentabl'ye [feminine, masculine] (Norman), lamentável (Portuguese), плаче́вный (plačévnyj) (Russian), приско́рбный (priskórbnyj) (Russian), lamentable (Spanish)

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