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

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Etymology

Adjective

pitiable (comparative more pitiable, superlative most pitiable)

That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.

Synonyms

• See also lamentable

Source: Wiktionary

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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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