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pitiable

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pit·i·a·ble  (pt--bl)
adj.
1. Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
2. Arousing disdainful pity. See Synonyms at pathetic.

piti·a·ble·ness n.
piti·a·bly adv.

pitiable [ˈpɪtɪəbəl]
adj
exciting or deserving pity or contempt
pitiableness  n
pitiably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pitiable - inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
2.pitiable - 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"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"

pitiable
adjective pathetic, distressing, miserable, poor, sorry, sad, dismal, harrowing, grievous, woeful, deplorable, mournful, lamentable, gut-wrenching, wretched, doleful, piteous Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.
Translations
pitiable [ˈpɪtɪəbl] ADJ [condition] → lastimoso; [attempt] → penoso
age had reduced him to a pitiable figurela edad lo había reducido a una figura digna de compasión

pitiable [ˈpɪtiəbəl] adjpitoyable

pitiable

pitiable [ˈpɪtɪəbl] adjpietoso/a
pitiable [ˈpɪtɪəbl] adjpietoso/a

pitiable, pitiful, pitiless pity


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Innumerable are the small and pitiable ones; and of many a proud structure, rain-drops and weeds have been the ruin.
As strange misgrown masses gather in the knot-holes of the noblest oaks when prostrate, so from the points which the whale's eyes had once occupied, now protruded blind bulbs, horribly pitiable to see.
The condition of the unsuccessful minority is truly pitiable.
 
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