noun🔗ShareA person or thing that is to be deplored."The student's poor attendance was a deplorable, leading to their failing grade. "moralcharacterpersonattitudesocietynegativeinhumanthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(US politics) A Trumpist conservative, in reference to a 2016 speech by Hillary Clinton calling half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables"."Hillary Clinton's 2016 comment about "deplorables" became a major talking point in the election. "politicsgovernmentnationpersonattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDeserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched."Poor children are often accused of having deplorable manners, when they are, in fact, simply responding to society in ways that mirror how society treats them."moralcharacterattitudevaluequalitynegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion."We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son."attitudemoralsocietyvalueemotioncharacterconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
