# lamentable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/ · frequency rank #54,892

## Definitions
1. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

## Etymology
From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament + -able.

## Source
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