Pitiable

Quick meaning: Pitiable is an adjective meaning That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.

Meaning

That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.

Example Sentences

Fatigued by riding on horseback, bedevilled and begrimed by the ride on manback, he presented a pitiable spectacle, and went on his way to Naples in sad plight.

Mr Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs, had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf.

The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful. It was not the faintness of physical weakness, though confinement and hard fare no doubt had their part in it. Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse. It was like the last feeble echo of a sound made long and long ago.

Synonyms for pitiable

Depending on context, synonyms include piteous, pitisome, ruthful, compassionate, pathetic, pathetisad.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pitiful, pathetic, piteous, wretched, miserable, contemptible.

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