His painful injury was lamentable; everyone was sorry for him.
The Bible teaches us not to covet our neighbours wife, which is lamentable.
My rash initial reaction resulted in lamentable consequences. Was your car wreck lamentable?
Answer"This is a lamentable example of American education.":)AnswerShe made a lamentable decision when she left her husband.
The death of his best friend made him very lamentable
See root word definition, "lament." In a sentence: "Yes, his suspension from school as a result of cheating is lamentable. (Caused him and others bad consequences that he now regrets, and wishes he hadn't) There is another use of lament/lamentable: To mourn, or express sorrow for someone or something good in the past that is now gone. "Lover's Lament" He or she is sad that the relationship has ended.
It was lamentable that so many people lost their lives during the long, brutal war.
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While the cancelling of the state tournament is lamentable, we must keep our athletes safe from terror threats. The fact that you lost your glasses is lamentable, but it's certainly not the end of the world.
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Lamentable is an adjective. The -able ending is used to form adjectives. Other examples are laughable and regrettable.
Lament means to cry out in grief. It is a word that is especially effective to describe continuing mourning. "Susan was so distraught that she voiced her lament to the whole world." It also means to regret deeply by voice. "I lament my bad conduct in public."
word root: Lament meaning: mourn, an expression of sadness