deplore

verb

Etymology: From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.

1. To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

   “I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.”

   “I deplore not having listened to your advice.”

2. To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

   “I deplore how you treated him at the party.”

   “The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.”

3. To regard as hopeless; to give up.

   “The physicians do make a kind of scruple and religion to stay with the patient after the disease is deplored; whereas, in my judgement, they ought both to inquire the skill, and to give the attendances, for the facilitating and assuaging of the pains and agonies of death.”