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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
Adjective
arousing or deserving pity or contempt
pitiableness n
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"
pitiful, pathetic
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"
misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, hapless, poor, miserable, pitiful, wretched
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"
Translations
French pitiable [ˈpɪtɪəbl] adj → pitoyable
German pitiable [ˈpɪtɪəbl] adj → mitleiderregend
Italian pitiable [ˈpɪtɪəbl] adj → pietoso/a
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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.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
The condition of the unsuccessful minority is truly pitiable.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
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