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Definition of deplorable : Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.

Synonyms:

misfortunate, good-for-naught, inferior, unsatisfactory, pitiful, wrong, good, sorrowful, cruel, sorry, blue, drear, execrable, unworthy, gloomy, fell, brutal, happy, regretful, detestable, no-account, no-good, measly, felonious, poor, worrisome, mournful, disconsolate, doleful, dolorous, sad, woebegone, paltry, pathetic, dreary, troubling, dismal, vicious, savage, poisonous, damnable, unfortunate, rueful, disgraceful, perturbing, distressful, grim, disturbing, grievous, reprehensible, lamentable, bad, no-count, miserable, shameful, distressing, evil, drab, venomous, low, worthless, woeful, criminal, abject, suffering, odious, slimy, pitiable, worrying, meritless, vile, condemnable, faulty, scurvy, regrettable, abominable, ugly, low-down, scummy, roughshod, dingy, wretched, hapless, good-for-nothing, despicable, dark, barbarous, piteous

Usage examples:

• Our situation, indeed, was sufficiently deplorable. - "Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863", Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle.
• He watched the deplorable objects passing on the pavement. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• The deplorable image of the Don making confession became present to his mind. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.