different between oppressive vs lamentable
oppressive
English
Etymology
oppress +? -ive
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?s?v
IPA(key): /??p??s.?v/
Adjective
oppressive (comparative more oppressive, superlative most oppressive)
- Burdensome or difficult to bear.
- The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
- Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
- The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
- Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
- Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?
- Hot and humid of the weather.
Synonyms
- (weather): humid, close
Translations
French
Adjective
oppressive
- feminine singular of oppressif
Italian
Adjective
oppressive
- feminine plural of oppressivo
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lamentable
English
Etymology
From Middle French lamentable, from Latin l?ment?bilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from l?mentor (“lament”), from l?menta (“wailing, weeping”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??m?n.t?.b?l/, /?læm.?n.t?.b?l/
Adjective
lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)
- Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:lamentable
Derived terms
- lamentability
- lamentableness
- lamentably
Related terms
- lament
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /l?.m?n?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /la.men?ta.ble/
Adjective
lamentable (masculine and feminine plural lamentables)
- lamentable, regrettable
Derived terms
- lamentablement
Related terms
- lamentar
Further reading
- “lamentable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin l?ment?bilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from l?mentor (“lament”), from l?menta (“wailing, weeping”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.m??.tabl/
- Homophone: lamentables
- Rhymes: -abl
Adjective
lamentable (plural lamentables)
- lamentable; awful; deplorable
Derived terms
- lamentablement
Related terms
- lamenter
Further reading
- “lamentable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin l?ment?bilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from l?mentor (“lament”), from l?menta (“wailing, weeping”). Cognate with English lamentable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lamen?table/, [la.m?n??t?a.??le]
Adjective
lamentable (plural lamentables)
- lamentable, regrettable
- 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas ?ISBN, page 64
- 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas ?ISBN, page 64
Derived terms
- lamentablemente
Related terms
- lamentar (see for more terms)
Further reading
- “lamentable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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