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

Example sentences :

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

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