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Synonyms for pitiable in English

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pitiable:
- pitiful; pitiable; deplorable; woeful; pathetic; poor; miserable; wretched; piteous; hapless; misfortunate
- poor; miserable; pitiful; deplorable; pitiable

English

Detailed Synonyms for pitiable in English

pitiable:

pitiable adj

pitiable
pitiful; pitiable; deplorable; woeful
- pitiful adj
- pitiable adj
- deplorable adj
- woeful adj
pitiable

– inspiring mixed contempt and pity ¹
pathetic; pitiful; pitiable
– inspiring mixed contempt and pity ¹
- pathetic adj
  - their efforts were pathetic¹
- pitiful adj
  - pitiful exhibition of cowardice¹
- pitiable adj
  - pitiable lack of character¹
pitiable

– deserving or inciting pity ¹
poor; pathetic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; pitiable; piteous; hapless; misfortunate
– deserving or inciting pity ¹
- poor adj
  - Oh, you poor thing¹
  - his poor distorted limbs¹
- pathetic adj
  - the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic¹
- miserable adj
  - miserable victims of war¹
- wretched adj
  - a wretched life¹
- pitiful adj
  - a pitiful fate¹
- pitiable adj
  - pitiable homeless children¹
- piteous adj
  - piteous appeals for help¹
- hapless adj
  - a hapless victim¹
- misfortunate adj

pitiable

pitiable
poor; miserable; pitiful; deplorable; pitiable
- poor
- miserable
- pitiful
- deplorable
- pitiable
pitiable
pitiable
- pitiable

Alternate Synonyms for "pitiable":

pathetic; pitiful; contemptible
hapless; miserable; misfortunate; piteous; poor; wretched; unfortunate

Related Definitions for "pitiable":

inspiring mixed contempt and pity¹
- pitiable lack of character¹
deserving or inciting pity¹
- pitiable homeless children¹

Related Synonyms for pitiable

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