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Synonyms for pitiable
adj pitiful- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- arousing
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- poor
- rueful
- ruthful
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
More words related to pitiable
abject
adjective. hopeless and downtrodden
cheap
adjective. low, vulgar
cheaper
adjective. low, vulgar
cheapest
adjective. low, vulgar
contemptible
adjective. despicable, shameful
deplorable
adjective. unfortunate, shameful
- afflictive
- awful
- blameworthy
- bummer
- calamitous
- dire
- dirty
- disastrous
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- distressing
- dolorous
- downer
- dreadful
- execrable
- faulty
- godawful
- grievous
- grim
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- horrifying
- intolerable
- lamentable
- lousy
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- opprobrious
- overwhelming
- pitiable
- poor
- regrettable
- reprehensible
- rotten
- sad
- scandalous
- sickening
- stinking
- terrible
- tragic
- unbearable
- unsatisfactory
- woeful
- wretched
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