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English Dictionary: pitiable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pitiable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitiable adj inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" Synonym(s): pathetic, pitiable, pitiful deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" Synonym(s): hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitiable \Pit"iable\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.] Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. -- {Pit"iableness}, n. -- {Pit"ia*bly}, adv.