pitiable

Words with a similar base: pitiable

'pitiable'

[pathetic.s.02] as in: inspiring mixed contempt and pity

Examples:
their efforts were pathetic
pitiable lack of character
pitiful exhibition of cowardice

'pitiable'

[hapless.s.01] as in: deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy

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

Origins

					pitiable (English)
├── -able (English)
└── pity (English)
    └── pité (Anglo-Norman)

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