Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
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Bade.
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Bade.
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Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
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Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
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imp. of Wring. Wrung.
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imp. of Wring. Wrung.
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Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable.
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Guilty of crime or sin.
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of Distress
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Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.
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Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.
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Very unhappy; wretched.
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Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
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Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
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Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly oft…
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Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
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Alt. of Woful
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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.
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