pitiful

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adjective

1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity (Freq. 1)
- their efforts were pathetic
- pitiable lack of character
- pitiful exhibition of cowardice
• Syn:
pathetic, pitiable
• Similar to:
contemptible
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
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
• Syn:
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous,
pitiable, poor, wretched
• Similar to:
unfortunate
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness (for: wretched), pity (for: piteous), pathos (for: pathetic), miserableness (for: miserable)
3. bad;
unfortunate
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
• Syn:
deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry
• Similar to:
bad
• Derivationally related forms:
sorriness (for: sorry), sadness (for: sad), lament (for: lamentable)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched, deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry