Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pitiable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, 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"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pitiable
adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were
pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful
exhibition of cowardice" [syn: {pathetic}, {pitiful}]
2: 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";
"couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted
limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate},
{pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}]
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