deplore

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DEPLORE

to feel or express sorrow for <a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas>

Synonyms bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve (for), mourn, wail (for)

Related Words elegize; cry (for), keen, moan, weep; regret, rue; bawl, blubber, sob; agonize, bleed, hurt, sorrow, suffer

Near Antonyms beam, cheer, grin, laugh, smile

Antonyms delight, exult (in), glory (in), joy, rejoice (in)

to feel sorry or dissatisfied about <deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest>

Synonyms bemoan, deplore, lament, repent, rue

Related Words ache (for), bewail, grieve (for), mourn, sorrow (for)

Near Antonyms delight (in), enjoy, relish, revel (in), savor (also savour)

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