lamentableEnglishOxford American Thesauruslamentable adjective a lamentable lack of funds: deplorable, regrettable, tragic, terrible, awful, wretched, woeful, sorrowful, unfortunate, distressing, grievous, dire, disastrous, calamitous, desperate, grave, appalling, dreadful; intolerable, ignominious, pitiful, shameful; rare egregious.