All 3 Uses of
deplore
in
A Room With A View
- But his is a type one disagrees with rather than deplores.†
Chpt 1 *deplores = strongly dislikes or regrets
- Let us put it down to his deplorable antecedents and education, if you wish.†
Chpt 7deplorable = 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.
- Give me the pound, and we shall avoid this deplorable gambling.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
strongly dislike or regret