English Explanatory Dictionary

lamentable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

Pronunciation

/ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/ /ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-lamentable.wav

Word forms

lamentable more lamentable most lamentable

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

atrabiliary atrabilious deplorable depressing distressing grievous heartbreaking heartrending miserable lamentable lachrymable mournful regrettable rueful sad saddening sorrowful tragic unhappy upsetting woebegone woeful

Antonyms

cheerful

Related words

lament reportable scornworthy dirgeful elegiac elegiacal threnodial threnodic sadden

Derived words

lamentability lamentableness lamentably unlamentable
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