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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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