different between deplore vs unplained

English

Etymology

From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin d?pl?r?re (“to lament over, bewail”), from d?- + pl?r?re (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??pl??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??pl??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /d??plo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /d??plo?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: de?plore

Verb

deplore (third-person singular simple present deplores, present participle deploring, simple past and past participle deplored)

1. (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

   I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.

   The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.

   I deplore not having listened to your advice.

2. (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

   I deplore how you treated him at the party.

   Many people deplore the actions of the corrupt government.

3. (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning

     The physicians do make a kind of scruple and religion to stay with the patient after the disease is deplored; whereas, in my judgement, they ought both to inquire the skill, and to give the attendances, for the facilitating and assuaging of the pains and agonies of death.

Synonyms

• bewail
• condemn

Related terms

• deplorable
• deploration

Translations

Further reading

• deplore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deplore in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• deplore at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• redpole

Spanish

Verb

deplore

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of deplorar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of deplorar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of deplorar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of deplorar.

English

Etymology

un- +? plained

Adjective

unplained (comparative more unplained, superlative most unplained)

1. (obsolete) Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented.