bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" condemnablecriminaldeplorablereprehensiblevicious
bad; unfortunate "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" deplorabledistressinglamentablepitifulsadsorry
of very poor quality or condition "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" deplorableexecrablemiserablewoefulwretched