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Deplorable vs Distressful - What's the difference?

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Deplorable is a related term of distressful.


As adjectives the difference between deplorable and distressful

is that deplorable is lamentable, regrettable while distressful is causing or having distress, strain, or anxiety.

deplorable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad.
  • (senseid)To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion.
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  • *:Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable , fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability:it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.

    • Synonyms

    * pathetic

    distressful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * distressfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing or having distress, strain, or anxiety.