Both Uses of
deplore
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse.
Chpt 1.6 *deplorable = very bad or regrettablestandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- Let me carry through the rest of my misdirected life, the remembrance that I opened my heart to you, last of all the world; and that there was something left in me at this time which you could deplore and pity.
Chpt 2.13deplore = strongly dislike
Definition:
strongly dislike or regret