Verb
- 1. deplore, knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
- usage: express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"
- 2. deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan, complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
- usage: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
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