About The Word Pitiable
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Pitiable
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What's The Definition Of Pitiable?
[adj] inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
[adj] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pitiable: contemptible | hapless | miserable | misfortunate | pathetic | piteous | pitiful | poor | unfortunate | wretched Related Terms | Find terms related to Pitiable: See Also | Pitiable In Webster's Dictionary \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. --
{Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv.
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