Antonyms for deplorable
dɪˈplɔr ə bəl, -ˈploʊr-de·plorable

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1. deplorable

   Antonyms:
   welcome, glad, acceptable, felicitous, beneficial, joyous

   Synonyms:
   lamentable, miserable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, disastrous

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1. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorryadjective

   bad; unfortunate

   "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

   Antonyms:
   superior, good, right

   Synonyms:
   regretful, hapless, no-account, reprehensible, woeful, dismal, troubling, execrable, dingy, disconsolate, perturbing, no-count, good-for-nothing, miserable, worrying, criminal, no-good, vicious, disturbing, dark, grim, sad, piteous, condemnable, lamentable, worrisome, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, bad, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, gloomy, drab, distressful, dreary, drear, good-for-naught, blue, meritless

2. deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretchedadjective

   of very poor quality or condition

   "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

   Antonyms:
   right, good, superior

   Synonyms:
   paltry, scummy, odious, reprehensible, damnable, slimy, execrable, suffering, scurvy, woebegone, vile, low-down, despicable, miserable, low, criminal, vicious, worthless, detestable, sad, piteous, condemnable, hapless, lamentable, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, measly, abominable, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, abject, woeful, unworthy, ugly

3. condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, viciousadjective

   bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

   "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

   Antonyms:
   good, superior, right

   Synonyms:
   felonious, savage, reprehensible, fell, pitiful, venomous, criminal, miserable, lamentable, roughshod, evil, cruel, barbarous, vicious, poisonous, woeful, condemnable, wretched, distressing, execrable, brutal, sorry, sad

How to use deplorable in a sentence?

1. Attorney Ben Crump:

   It is appalling. It is deplorable. It is heinous, it is violent. It is troublesome on every level.

2. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker:

   The conduct alleged in this indictment is deplorable and a stark violation of the public's trust. Michael Madigan must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

3. Todd Starnes:

   Walmart should be ashamed of itself, to advocate a view that not all lives matter is deplorable.

4. Marcel Proust:

   The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.

5. The Lincoln Project:

   John Weaver led a secret life that was built on a foundation of deception at every level. The Lincoln Project Predator is The Lincoln Project Predator, a liar, and an abuser, we extend our deepest sympathies to those who were targeted by The Lincoln Project Predator deplorable and predatory behavior. We are disgusted and outraged that someone in a position of power and trust would use it for these means.

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