deplores

verb

present tense third-person singular of deplore
1
as in mourns
to feel or express sorrow for a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas

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as in regrets
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest

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Recent Examples of deplores But Goldsworthy deplores the city dweller’s notion of the countryside as a picturesque escape. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move. — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deplores
  1. mourns
  2. regrets
  3. laments
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  • The world mourns not only a musical light, but a singular style star.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The stars have lost a bit of their shine as the world mourns Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at the age of 80.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of mourns
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  • Afterward, the society picks itself up, recognizes the excesses, and regrets them—though too late for those caught in the tempest.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Now Connor Zilisch has until 2028 to make sure nobody regrets it.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of regrets
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  • Goodman laments the dissolution of the Creative Alliance and the incendiary action of its former participants.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
  • This prescient issue is buried in a recent, must-read Free Press article by Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin that laments the growing impotence of the old-fashioned historian in the face of bots and algorithmic amplifications.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of laments

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