Deplorable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈplɔːɹəbl̩/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Deplorable is an adjective meaning To be deplored.
Meaning
To be deplored.
More Meanings
- A person or thing that is to be deplored.
- (specifically US politics, derogatory, neologism) A supporter of Donald Trump.
Example Sentences
[W]hat better is an old fellow, mauled with rheumatism and other deplorables.
[H]eralding, this season, an end of the most awful of all apparel abominations, that most despicable of all deplorables, the ankle sock.
Trump's fate, [Steve] Bannon declared, rested with the deplorables, who had to be brought to the kind of fearful emotional pitch that would get them to the polls.
He [Donald Trump] did not say who “the guys” were—but [John Maguire] Dowd knew he meant the Trump base, the crowds at his rallies, the Fox News watchers, the deplorables.
Word Forms
- deplorables
Synonyms for deplorable
Depending on context, synonyms include wretched, pitiful, lamentable, sad, sorry, woeful.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include miserable, wretched, execrable, pitiful, woeful, lamentable.
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