Deplore: alternatives and connections

To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.

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To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed.

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To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abo…

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To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak…

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To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

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To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

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To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.

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To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

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