slovo | definícia |
lamentable (encz) | lamentable,politováníhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lamentable (encz) | lamentable,žalostný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Lamentable (gcide) | Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F.
lamentable.]
1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable
countenance. [Archaic] "Lamentable eye." --Spenser.
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2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable
misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." --Burke.
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3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or
ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. --
Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
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lamentable (wn) | lamentable
adj 1: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable
state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad
shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable,
distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry] |
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lamentable (encz) | lamentable,politováníhodný adj: Zdeněk Brožlamentable,žalostný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Lamentableness (gcide) | Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F.
lamentable.]
1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable
countenance. [Archaic] "Lamentable eye." --Spenser.
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2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable
misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." --Burke.
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3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or
ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. --
Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
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lamentable (wn) | lamentable
adj 1: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable
state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad
shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable,
distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry] |
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