'Lamentableness' definitions:

Definition of 'Lamentableness'

From: GCIDE
  • Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable.]
  • 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] "Lamentable eye." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- {Lam"en*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {Lam"en*ta*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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