The lamentable thread

**Big Dave** · 17th December 2008, 21:01

lamentable |ˈlaməntəbəl; ləˈmentəbəl|
adjective
1 (of circumstances or conditions) deplorably bad or unsatisfactory : the facilities provided were lamentable, not merely basic but squalid.
• (of an event, action, or attitude) unfortunate; regrettable : her open prejudice showed lamentable immaturity.
2 archaic full of or expressing sorrow or grief.
DERIVATIVES
lamentably |-əblē| adverb : [as submodifier ] she was lamentably ignorant.
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [mournful,] also [pitiable, regrettable] ): from Old French, or from Latin lamentabilis, from the verb lamentari (see lament ).

Thesaurus
lamentable
adjective
lamentable living conditions deplorable, regrettable, sad, terrible, awful, wretched, woeful, dire, disastrous, grave, appalling, dreadful, pitiful, shameful, sorrowful, unfortunate. antonym wonderful.