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pitiable

[ pit-ee-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. evoking or deserving pity; lamentable:

    pitiable homeless pets.

  2. evoking or deserving contemptuous pity; miserable; contemptible:

    a pitiable lack of character.



pitiable

/ 藞辫瑟迟瑟蓹产蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. exciting or deserving pity or contempt
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫颈迟颈补产濒测, adverb
  • 藞辫颈迟颈补产濒别苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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  • 辫颈迟路颈路补路产濒测 adverb
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  • un路辫颈迟路颈路补路产濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pitiable1

First recorded in 1425鈥75; late Middle English, from Old French piteable, equivalent to pite(er) 鈥渢o pity鈥 + -able adjective suffix; pity, -able
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Synonym Study

See pitiful.
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As his tweet demonstrates, it's often too pitiable to warrant a word as powerful as "toxic."

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鈥淔at people are either the punchline or we are this pitiable figure,鈥 he said in a video conversation.

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Surely women aren鈥檛 so pitiable as to need a participation certificate every time we try.

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It鈥檚 a sign of independence and commitment to her vocation rather than a pitiable condition.

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They both have a lot riding on this journey, which they鈥檝e come to believe is their last chance to wring some meaning out of lives other people see as pitiable.

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