deploring
Expressing deep regret
Deploring is the act of expressing strong disapproval or regret.
To deplore something is to condemn it morally or lament its existence: Human rights groups are deploring the government's crackdown on protesters.
The word carries a tone of moral seriousness—you deplore atrocities, not minor annoyances.
Expressing passionate grief
- mourningPeriod following loss
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- woeGreat sorrow or distress
bewailing · keening · anguish · heartache · melancholy · desolation · plaintive · doleful
Formal public accusation
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
criticism · objection · castigation · reprehension · admonishment · chastisement · vilification · indictment
Guilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
shame · compunction · self-reproach · ruefulness · rue · chagrin · sorrow · rueful
Disdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disgustIntense physical aversion
revulsion · abhorrence · loathing · disparagement · sneering · looking down · repugnance · aversion
lamenting
Expressing passionate grief
woe · bewailing · keening · anguish · heartache · melancholy · desolation · plaintive · doleful · mournful
denunciation
Formal public accusation
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- reproachExpression of disappointment
rebuke · criticism · objection · castigation · reprehension · admonishment · chastisement · vilification · indictment · excoriation
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
repentance · shame · compunction · self-reproach · ruefulness · rue · chagrin · sorrow · rueful · apologetic
contempt
Disdainful disregard
disgust · revulsion · abhorrence · loathing · disparagement · sneering · looking down · repugnance · aversion · antipathy
- lamentslamentation, wailing, keen, keening, lament
- reproachesblaming, scolding, rebuking, reprimanding, censuring
deploringapproving
Expressing favorable judgment
praising · commending · lauding · endorsing · extolling
deploringrejoicing
Feeling or showing triumph
celebrating · delighting · exulting · welcoming · approving
deplorable, deplore, deplored, deplores, deplorably, deplorables