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Deplorable vs Infelicitous - What's the difference?

deplorable | infelicitous |

As adjectives the difference between deplorable and infelicitous

is that deplorable is deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad while infelicitous is unhappy or unfortunate.

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

    infelicitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unhappy or unfortunate.
  • * 1973 , , "A Boy's Dog" in Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Sketches :
    • If leading a "dog's life" be considered a peculiar phase of human misery, the life of a Boys' Dog is still more infelicitous .
  • Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
  • * 1909 , , Ridgway of Montana , ch. 24:
    • "Now, you've got just grounds for shooting me," he said gaily, and instantly regretted his infelicitous remark.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * infelicitously * infelicitousness