lamentable

The word “lamentable” has 4 syllables: la-men-ta-ble

It's pronounced as /ˈlæməntəbəl/

What is synonym and antonym for lamentable?

In the thesaurus, “lamentable” has 144 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for lamentable along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for lamentable

aching
affecting
afflictive
agonized
alarming
anguished
awful
bad
bawling
bemoaning
bewailing
bitter
black
bleak
bleeding
brokenhearted
calamitous
careworn
cheerless
comfortless
crestfallen
crushing
crying
dark
darkening
dejected
deplorable
deploring
depressed
desolate
despondent
dire
dirgelike
dirty
disastrous
disconsolate
dismal
dispirited
distressful
distressing
disturbing
doleful
dolesome
dolorous
downcast
downhearted
dreadful
dreary
elegiac
elegiacal
excruciating
fearful
forlorn
funeral
funereal
gloomy
glum
god-awful
gray
grey
grieving
grievous
grim
groaning
harrowing
heartbreaking
heartbroken
heartrending
heartsick
heartsore
horrible
horrifying
howling
hurting
inconsolable
intolerable
joyless
keening
lousy
low
low-spirited
lugubrious
meager
mean
melancholy
miserable
moaning
moody
morbid
morose
mournful
moving
overwhelming
painful
pathetic
perturbing
pessimistic
piteous
pitiful
plaintive
plangent
poignant
poor
raging
regretful
regrettable
rotten
rueful
ruthful
sad
saturnine
severe
sharp
shocking
sickening
somber
sombre
sorrowful
sorry
stinking
suffering
sullen
tearful
terrible
touching
tragic
tragical
traumatic
triste
troublesome
unbearable
unfavorable
unfortunate
unhappy
unlucky
unsatisfactory
unsettling
vexatious
wailing
weeping
woebegone
woeful
wretched
yammering

Antonyms for lamentable

blessed
blissful
blithe
blithesome
bright
buoyant
cheerful
cheering
cheery
comforting
delighted
ecstatic
elated
encouraging
euphoric
excellent
exhilarated
exulting
fortunate
giddy
glad
glorying
good
gratifying
great
happy
heady
heartening
heartwarming
hopeful
inspiring
jocund
jolly
joyful
joyous
laughing
lighthearted
lucky
merry
mirthful
nice
optimistic
pleasing
rapturous
rejoicing
rewarding
rhapsodic
rhapsodical
satisfactory
satisfying
smiling
triumphant
wonderful

Meanings of lamentable

adjective
1. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

Example Sentences

The state of the infrastructure in this country is lamentable, with roads full of potholes and bridges in disrepair.
It's lamentable how little progress has been made in addressing poverty and inequality in our society.
The lack of action on climate change is lamentable, given the dire consequences we face if we do not act swiftly.
The condition of the school's facilities is lamentable, with leaking roofs and outdated equipment.
It's lamentable that so many people still lack access to basic healthcare in this day and age.

On this page you'll find 197 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lamentable, such as: aching, affecting, afflictive, agonized, alarming, anguished, awful.

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