MEANING
To strongly disapprove of something and regard it as deeply regrettable.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- deplore the violence
- deplore a decision
On the page
Even those who supported the strike deplored the attacks on local shops.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- deplore
- Past tense
- deplored
- Past participle
- deplored
- Present participle
- deploring
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- deplore
- Present continuous
- am/is/are deploring
- Present perfect
- have/has deplored
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been deploring
- Past
- deplored
- Past continuous
- was/were deploring
- Past perfect
- had deplored
- Past perfect continuous
- had been deploring
- Future
- will deplore
- Future continuous
- will be deploring
- Future perfect
- will have deplored
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been deploring
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: deplore; deplores; deplored; deplored; deploring Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: dialogue, character. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: deplores.
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