déplorer
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Meanings
Verb
1. to deplore, to rue, to lament (transitive)
Examples9
I deeply regret the way my staff treated you.
It's a pity that you can't come.
I regret missing the chance to meet her.
Teachers bemoan students' lack of interest in history.
We deplore your cruelty to animals.
He deplored the fact that Silesia was no longer Prussian.