| Deplore 1. (v. t.) To lament; to mourn; to sorrow over; to feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail. 2. (v. t.) To complain of. 3. (v. t.) To regard as hopeless; to give up. 4. (v. i.) To lament. Thesaurus Entries be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, cry, deprecate, dirge, disapprove, elegize, give sorrow words, grieve, keen, knell, lament, moan, mourn, regret, repent, repine, rue, rue the day, sigh, sing the blues, sorrow, wail, weep, weep over | ![]() |