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Meaning of pitiful
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitiful
adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were
pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful
exhibition of cowardice" [syn: {pathetic}, {pitiable},
{pitiful}]
2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state";
"a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a
sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable}, {distressing},
{lamentable}, {pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}]
3: 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" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate},
{pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor},
{wretched}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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