Words Like PITIABLE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PITIABLE.

11 Alternative Words Similar to pitiable

1 Pathetic Adjective      Synonym Words Like Pathetic
2 Pitiful Adjective      Synonym Words Like Pitiful
3 Hapless Adjective      Synonym Words Like Hapless
4 Miserable Adjective      Synonym Words Like Miserable
5 Misfortunate Adjective      Synonym Words Like Misfortunate
6 Piteous Adjective      Synonym Words Like Piteous
7 Poor Adjective      Synonym Words Like Poor
8 Wretched Adjective      Synonym Words Like Wretched
9 Contemptible Adjective      Similar Words Like Contemptible
10 Unfortunate Adjective      Similar Words Like Unfortunate
11 Lamentable Adjective      Synonym Words Like Lamentable

10 examples of pitiable

1 pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
2 a wretched life
3 miserable victims of war
4 piteous appeals for help
5 his poor distorted limbs
6 pitiable homeless children
7 the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
8 Oh, you poor thing
9 a pitiful fate
10 pitiful exhibition of cowardice

7 definitions of pitiable

1 Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous
2 deserving or inciting pity
3 inspiring mixed contempt and pity
4 Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
5 Arousing disdainful pity. See Synonyms at pathetic.
6 Deserving pity; worthy of or exciting compassion: applied to persons or things.
7 That deserves, evokes or can be given pity, pitiful.
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