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PITIABLE

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• PITIABLE (adjective)
The adjective PITIABLE has 2 senses:

1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity
2. deserving or inciting pity

Familiarity information: PITIABLE used as an adjective is rare.

• PITIABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inspiring mixed contempt and pity

Synonyms:

pitiable; pitiful; pathetic

Context examples:

their efforts were pathetic / pitiable lack of character / pitiful exhibition of cowardice

Similar:

contemptible (deserving of contempt or scorn)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Deserving or inciting pity

Synonyms:

poor; piteous; pathetic; misfortunate; hapless; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; wretched

Context examples:

a hapless victim / miserable victims of war / the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic / piteous appeals for help / pitiable homeless children / a pitiful fate / Oh, you poor thing / his poor distorted limbs / a wretched life

Similar:

unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)

"Everything comes to him who waits."
(English proverb)
"A good year is determined by its spring."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"Journey and you will find replacement to the ones left behind."
(Arabic proverb)
"Better late than never."
(Czech proverb)

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