“deplored” is a form of
deplore
UK /dɪˈplɔː/ · US /dɪˈploɹ/ verb
Forms deplores deploring deplored
- verb (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for. “I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.”
- verb (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of. “I deplore how you treated him at the party.”
- verb (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
Synonyms
bewail lament afterthink becry begrieve bemoan bemourn beweep condole elegize grieve grieven keen mean mourn pine repent sigh sorrow wail
Etymology
From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.
- verb To complain of. [Obs.] Shak.
- verb To lament. Gray.
Etymology [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. déplorer. Cf. Flow.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “deplore”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details