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adj.1 terribly sad (triste).2 lamentable, deplorable (malo).* * *► adjetivo1 (injusticia) regrettable, deplorable; (estado) sorry, pitiful* * *ADJ [conducta] deplorable; [injusticia] shameful; [error] regrettable; [escena, aspecto, estado] sorry, pitiful; [pérdida] sades lamentable que... — it is regrettable that...
* * *a) <conducta/error/suceso> deplorable, terrible* * *= regrettable, wretched, sad, deplorable, miserable, parlous, embarrassing, sorry [sorrier -comp., sorriest -sup.], woeful, pitiful, abject, abjected.Ex. All these networks have standard record formats, although it is regrettable that they all operate to different standards.Ex. A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.Ex. It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.Ex. We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex. Book provision to many schools is in a parlous state and the school book market also has its problems.Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.Ex. The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.Ex. In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.Ex. Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.Ex. Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.Ex. In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.----* de forma lamentable = miserably.* de manera lamentable = lamentably, miserably.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.* ser lamentable = be a pity.* * *a) <conducta/error/suceso> deplorable, terrible* * *= regrettable, wretched, sad, deplorable, miserable, parlous, embarrassing, sorry [sorrier -comp., sorriest -sup.], woeful, pitiful, abject, abjected.Ex: All these networks have standard record formats, although it is regrettable that they all operate to different standards.
Ex: A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.Ex: It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.Ex: We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex: Book provision to many schools is in a parlous state and the school book market also has its problems.Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.Ex: The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.Ex: In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.Ex: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.Ex: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.* de forma lamentable = miserably.* de manera lamentable = lamentably, miserably.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.* ser lamentable = be a pity.* * *1 (deplorable) ‹conducta/error/suceso› deplorable, terrible, lamentable2 (triste) ‹pérdida› sad; ‹estado/aspecto› pitiful; ‹error› regrettableverle suplicando de esa manera era un espectáculo lamentable it was a pitiful sight to see him begging like that* * *
lamentable adjetivo
‹estado/aspecto› pitiful;
‹ error› regrettable
lamentable adjetivo
1 (que causa pena o disgusto) regrettable
2 (estropeado) terrible: el coche quedó en un estado lamentable, the car was in a terrible state
' lamentable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estado
- fatal
- vergonzosa
- vergonzoso
- papel
- penoso
English:
deplorable
- lamentable
- pathetic
- pitiful
- regrettable
- sad
- sorry
- woeful
- meet
- miserable
- miserably
* * *lamentable adj1. [conducta, accidente, confusión] regrettable;sería lamentable que no pudiera acudir it would be a shame if she couldn't come2. [malo] lamentable, deplorable;llegó a casa con un aspecto lamentable she looked terrible o she was in a pitiful state when she got home* * *adj deplorable* * *lamentable adj1) : unfortunate, lamentable2) : pitiful, sad -
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lamen'tableadj1) bedauerlich, kläglich2) ( digno de compasión) bedauernswertadjetivo1. [triste, penoso] traurig2. [malo] jämmerlichlamentablelamentable [lameDC489F9Dn̩DC489F9D'taβle]jämmerlich -
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adj1) досто́йный сожале́ния; плаче́вный; приско́рбныйestado lamentable — плаче́вное состоя́ние
2) внуша́ющий жа́лость; жа́лкий; жа́лостный; бе́дственныйaspecto lamentable — жа́лкий вид
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adj3) ничтожный, жалкий -
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adj1) жалкий, плачевный, достойный сожаления2) грустный, печальный, унылый3) ничтожный, жалкий -
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прил.общ. (возбуждающий сострадание) жалкий, достойный сожаления, жалобный, прискорбный, печальный, плачевный -
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• bídný• hrozný• hrůzostrašný• politováníhodný• ubohý• žalostný* * *• budící hrůzu -
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adj 1) плачевен; жалък, окаян; достоен за съжаление; 2) печален, тъжен, скръбен.
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lamentable — [ lamɑ̃tabl ] adj. • XVe; lat. lamentabilis 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Qui donne sujet de se lamenter, inspire la pitié. ⇒ déplorable, désolant, navrant. Un lamentable accident. « Ces histoires de morts lamentables, tragiques » (Boileau). On l a retrouvé… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lamentable — Lam en*ta*ble, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] Lamentable eye. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lamentable — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que merece ser lamentado o llorado: Un lamentable accidente se ha producido esta mañana. Una confusión lamentable ha dejado a dos inocentes en la calle. 2. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que causa mala impresión… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
lamentable — Lamentable. adj. v. de tout genre. Qui merite qu on le regrette, qu on le lamente. Une mort. lamentable. un accident lamentable. Il signifie aussi quelquefois, Douloureux, qui excite à pitié. Il prononça ces paroles d un ton de voix lamentable.… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
lamentable — c.1400, from M.Fr. lamentable and directly from L. lamentabilis full of sorrow, mournful, lamentable, from lamentari to lament (see LAMENTATION (Cf. lamentation)). Related: Lamentably … Etymology dictionary
lamentable — (Del lat. lamentabĭlis). 1. adj. Que merece ser lamentado o es digno de llorarse. 2. Dicho del estado o del aspecto de una persona o de una cosa: Estropeado, maltrecho. 3. p. us. Que infunde tristeza y horror. Voz, rostro lamentable … Diccionario de la lengua española
lamentable — I adjective awful, comfortless, deplorable, depressing, depressive, disheartening, dismal, distressful, distressing, doleful, dreadful, flebilis, grave, grievous, horrible, horrid, joyless, lamentabilis, low, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable,… … Law dictionary
lamentable — meaning ‘deplorable, regrettable’, is correctly pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, not the second (though either is acceptable in AmE) … Modern English usage
lamentable — [adj] upsetting, miserable afflictive, awful, bad, calamitous, deplorable, dire, dirty, distressing, doleful, dolorous, god awful, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, hurting, lousy, low, lugubrious, meager, mean, melancholy, mournful, pitiful,… … New thesaurus
lamentable — Lamentable, Lamentabilis … Thresor de la langue françoyse
lamentable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ deplorable or regrettable. DERIVATIVES lamentably adverb … English terms dictionary