Associations to the word «Lamentable»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

LAMENTABLE, adjective. Bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope