Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lamentable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis : cf. F.
lamentable.]
1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable
countenance. ``Lamentable eye.'' --Spenser.
2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error.
``Lamentable helplessness.'' --Burke.
3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or
ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. --
{Lam"en*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {Lam"en*ta*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lamentable
adj 1: an archaic word for mournful; "tell thou the lamentable tale
of me, And send the hearers weeping to their beds"-
Shakespeare
2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state";
"a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape";
"a sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable}, {distressing},
{pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}]
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