pitiable 2
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
deserving or inciting pity
Examples
- 1.a wretched life
- 2.pitiable homeless children
- 3.Oh, you poor thing
- 4.a hapless victim
- 5.his poor distorted limbs
- 6.miserable victims of war
- 7.the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy
- 8.a pitiful fate
- 9.piteous appeals for help
Synonyms
- hapless 1
deserving or inciting pity
- miserable 2
deserving or inciting pity
- misfortunate 1
deserving or inciting pity
- pathetic 1
deserving or inciting pity
- piteous 1
deserving or inciting pity
- pitiful 3
deserving or inciting pity
- poor 1
deserving or inciting pity
- wretched 5
deserving or inciting pity
