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Antonyms for lamentable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : luh-men-tuh-buh l, lam-uh n-tuh- |
Phonetic Transcription : ləˈmɛn tə bəl, ˈlæm ən tə- |
Definition of lamentable
Origin :- c.1400, from Middle French lamentable and directly from Latin lamentabilis "full of sorrow, mournful, lamentable," from lamentari "to lament" (see lamentation). Related: Lamentably.
- adj upsetting, miserable
- One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Had he—Page—come by chance on a secret,—dramatic and lamentable!
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable.
- Extract from : « War is Kind » by Stephen Crane
- The two figures, of a muddy grey in tint, stood out, lamentable.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- It's hideous, it's lamentable and grotesque; you'll end by seeing so yourself.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- But it was on the side of the Morelle that the destruction was most lamentable.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- And it was among these lamentable photographs that I found Gaspard and Veronique.
- Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
- How lamentable that a man of his talents should go into service.
- Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
- I had to stammer out a most lamentable confession of my ignorance.
- Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
- The faint and lamentable sounds we had heard must have come from him.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
Synonyms for lamentable
- afflictive
- awful
- bad
- calamitous
- deplorable
- dire
- dirty
- distressing
- doleful
- dolorous
- god-awful
- grievous
- grim
- heartbreaking
- hurting
- lousy
- low
- lugubrious
- meager
- mean
- melancholy
- mournful
- pitiful
- plaintive
- poor
- regretful
- rotten
- rueful
- sad
- sorrowful
- stinking
- tragic
- unfavorable
- unfortunate
- unsatisfactory
- woeful
- wretched
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