Antonyms for lamentable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : luh-men-tuh-buh l, lam-uh n-tuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ləˈmɛn tə bəl, ˈlæm ən tə-


Definition of lamentable

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Middle French lamentable and directly from Latin lamentabilis "full of sorrow, mournful, lamentable," from lamentari "to lament" (see lamentation). Related: Lamentably.
  • adj upsetting, miserable
Example sentences :
  • One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Had he—Page—come by chance on a secret,—dramatic and lamentable!
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable.
  • Extract from : « War is Kind » by Stephen Crane
  • The two figures, of a muddy grey in tint, stood out, lamentable.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • It's hideous, it's lamentable and grotesque; you'll end by seeing so yourself.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • But it was on the side of the Morelle that the destruction was most lamentable.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • And it was among these lamentable photographs that I found Gaspard and Veronique.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • How lamentable that a man of his talents should go into service.
  • Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
  • I had to stammer out a most lamentable confession of my ignorance.
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • The faint and lamentable sounds we had heard must have come from him.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Synonyms for lamentable

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