deplore
/dih-PLOR/verbto feel or express strong disapproval of
“The board deplored the leak in a terse statement.”
- Synonyms
- condemn, denounce, lament
- Antonyms
- applaud, praise
- Memory hook
- de + plorare (wail): grief turned to censure.
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