pitiable
Adjective
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Inspiring mixed contempt and pity (synset 300908403)
"their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"similar to: contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
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Deserving or inciting pity (synset 301054589)
"a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"similar to: unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
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