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Examples of pitiable
pitiable
Thereafter, by degrees, he became a pitiable and painfully disconcerting madcap.
From the guardian.co.uk
The most pitiable figure imaginable to them is someone who has fallen from luxury.
From the time.com
He felt like he'd be half a man, pitied and pitiable, unable to survive on his own.
From the latimes.com
Each figure has a different struggle, but all are noble and all are pitiable.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Palestinians arrested for collaborating with the Israelis are a pitiable lot.
From the time.com
His jock exclusionism is part and parcel of his pitiable attempt to be a macho man.
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The most pitiable of the displaced homemakers may be the 58% who are over 65.
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They are known as yateem, a particularly pitiable title in patriarchal Afghanistan.
From the washingtonpost.com
He remains a scary, somewhat pitiable character and also remains a bit of a mystery.
From the hecklerspray.com
- Pathetic: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
- Hapless: 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"
- (pitiably) pathetically: in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically"
- That which deserves, evokes or can be given pity, pitiful
- (pitiably) In a pitiable manner
- Deserving or exciting pity; Lamentable; Of a kind to evoke mingled pity and contempt especially because of inadequacy. E.g., "That will make your ladyship's situation at present more pitiable but it will have no effect on me!" - Elizabeth Bennet
- (adj.) evoking or deserving pity. "But, to Laila, Tariq's mother never looked pitiable in it" (116).
