deplore
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deplore /dɪˈplɔː/
▶verb feel or express strong disapproval of.
– derivatives
deploring adjective,
deploringly adverb.
deploring adjective,
deploringly adverb.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘weep for, regret deeply’): from Fr. déplorer or Ital. deplorare, from L. deplorare, from de- ‘away, thoroughly’ + plorare ‘bewail’.
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