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dɪˈplɔː/
v.
feel or express strong disapproval of.
Derivative
- deploring adj.
- deploringly adv.
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘weep for, regret deeply’): from Fr. déplorer or Ital. deplorare, from L. deplorare, from de- ‘away, thoroughly’ + plorare ‘bewail’.
