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Synonyms for pitiful in English

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pitiful:
- pitiful; pitiable; deplorable; woeful; miserable; pathetic; wretched; distressful; poor; piteous; misfortunate; hapless; sad; sorry; lamentable; distressing
- poor; miserable; pitiful; deplorable; pitiable

English

Detailed Synonyms for pitiful in English

pitiful:

pitiful adj

pitiful
pitiful; pitiable; deplorable; woeful
- pitiful adj
- pitiable adj
- deplorable adj
- woeful adj
pitiful
miserable; pathetic; wretched; distressful; pitiful
- miserable adj
- pathetic adj
- wretched adj
- distressful adj
- pitiful adj
pitiful
pitiful; woeful
- pitiful adj
- woeful adj
pitiful

– 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
pitiful

– deserving or inciting pity ¹
poor; pathetic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; pitiable; piteous; misfortunate; hapless
– 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
- misfortunate adj
- hapless adj
  - a hapless victim¹
pitiful

– bad; unfortunate ¹
sad; sorry; pitiful; deplorable; lamentable; distressing
– bad; unfortunate ¹
- sad adj
  - her clothes were in sad shape¹
- sorry adj
  - a sorry state of affairs¹
- pitiful adj
- deplorable adj
  - my finances were in a deplorable state¹
- lamentable adj
  - a lamentable decision¹
- distressing adj

pitiful

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

Related Words for "pitiful":

pitifully

Alternate Synonyms for "pitiful":

pathetic; pitiable; contemptible
deplorable; distressing; lamentable; sad; sorry; bad
hapless; miserable; misfortunate; piteous; poor; wretched; unfortunate

Related Definitions for "pitiful":

inspiring mixed contempt and pity¹
- pitiful exhibition of cowardice¹
deserving or inciting pity¹
- a pitiful fate¹
bad; unfortunate¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University