1
as in mourned
to feel or express sorrow for
a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas
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2
as in regretted
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest
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Verb
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Alomar played for six teams during his MLB tenure, and many of them, including the New York Yankees, mourned the loss of one of their own.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025 -
Community members at the time cried and mourned as their hopes of rehabilitating and reopening the historic structure were reduced to ashes.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Most regretted giving their babies up for adoption and went through a long period of depression after the relinquishment.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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Chastain regretted wrecking Hamlin.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Murphy lamented a loss of focus after one ugly outing against the Cubs.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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That attitude, Nixon lamented, had been on display in the front-page coverage of Manson.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Deplored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplored. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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