a. | 1. | Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; |
2. | Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; | |
3. | Miserable; pitiful; paltry; - in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. |
Adj. | 1. | lamentable - an archaic word for mournful; "tell thou the lamentable tale of me, And send the hearers weeping to their beds"- Shakespeare |
2. | lamentable - bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" |