deplore
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Deplore might be strong, but general childishness, unseriousness and laziness in terms of what I’ve done compared with what maybe I should have or could have done.
From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2018
Deplore, de-plōr′, v.t. to feel or express deep grief for.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
It's firm; and if I should my many woes Deplore, 'Twould only sniff And perk its little nose Some more.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
Deplore it as we may, the end could be reached only thus.
From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)
Then hear it, in a moan of atheist gloom, Deplore the weedy growth of hypocrites; Count Nature devilish, and accept for doom The chasm between our passions and our wits!
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
Vocabulary lists containing deplore
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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