All 3 Uses of
deplore
in
The Fountainhead
- He denounced the deplorable state of American architecture and the unprincipled eclecticism of its practitioners.†
Chpt 1.10 *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.
- The bulletin of the Architects' Guild of America carried a small item: "A curious incident, which would be amusing if it were not deplorable, is reported to us about a home recently built by Mr. Whitford Sanborn, noted industrialist.†
Chpt 1.13
- He wrote about the decline of civilization and deplored the loss of the simple faith.†
Chpt 2.12deplored = strongly disliked or regretted
Definition:
strongly dislike or regret