pitiable

[pit-ee-uh-buhl] / ˈpɪt i ə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

pitiful

Synonyms

WEAK

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

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The difference is, when I look at these odds and ends now, I don’t see them as pitiable remains.

From Washington Post

How did you convince yourself to play a Black Trump supporter in "Da 5 Bloods"? I could not play such a disreputable and pitiable person.

From Salon

"Many of them are also charged with sedition and labelled as 'anti nationals'. Such prisoners, even though they are undertrials, are forced to be confined to pitiable conditions in prisons awaiting trial for years."

From BBC

For an object lesson in how to respond to making yourself look foolish, almost pitiable, you could not script what happened to defending champion Tiger Woods.

From Washington Post

Just a couple of weeks ago, with significant Azeri advances and videos of modern drones destroying Armenian Soviet-era tanks, Moscow's position looked pitiable.

From BBC

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