Compassionable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Compassionable is an adjective meaning (archaic) Deserving compassion or pity.
Meaning
(archaic) Deserving compassion or pity.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Having, feeling, or showing compassion.
Example Sentences
A man of this kind, on an enforced holiday, is a very compassionable object.
The following interview between Juliet and her parents places her in a very compassionable situation;
[…] a good Judg […] should tender the Parties Case as compassionable, and desire that he may be delivered from the evil threatning him;
1536, uncredited translator (attributed to Miles Coverdale), A Myrrour or Glasse for them that be Syke [and] in Payne by Guglielmus Gnaphaeus, London: Ian Gough, Can not thynke ye the poore haue a mercifull, and compassionable harte towarde the, that be in pouerte, & anguysshe, though theyr power can not extende to declare it?
Synonyms for compassionable
Depending on context, synonyms include pitiable, compassionate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include compassionate, pitiful, tenderhearted, condolent, commiserative, caring.
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