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PITIABLE
pathetic, pitiable, pitiful
(adjective) inspiring mixed contempt and pity; “their efforts were pathetic”; “pitiable lack of character”; “pitiful exhibition of cowardice”
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pitiable (comparative more pitiable, superlative most pitiable)
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
Synonyms
• See also lamentable
Source: Wiktionary
Pit"i*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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