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pitiable |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pitiable \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pitiable adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" [syn: {pathetic}, {pitiful}] 2: 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" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate}, {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}]
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