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pitiful
adjective
1 pitiful
Inspiring mixed contempt and pity:
— Pitiful exhibition of cowardice.
synonyms: pathetic, pitiable.
Roget 930:
contemptuous;
disdainful,
scornful;
withering,
contumelious,
supercilious,
cynical,
haughty,
bumptious,
cavalier;
derisive.
contemptible,
despicable;
pitiable;
pitiful
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
despised
etc.
v.;
downtrodden;
unenvied†.
unrespectable
(unworthy)
874.
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Roget 874:
disgraced
etc.
v.;
blown upon;
shorn of its beams"
[Milton],
shorn of one's glory;
overcome,
downtrodden;
loaded with shame
etc.
n.;
in bad repute
etc.
n.;
out of repute,
out of favor,
out of fashion,
out of countenance;
at a discount;
under a cloud,
under an eclipse;
unable to show one's face;
in the shade,
in the background;
out at elbows,
down at the elbows,
down in the world.
inglorious;
nameless,
renownless†;
obscure;
unknown to fame;
unnoticed,
unnoted†,
unhonored,
unglorified†.
shameful;
disgraceful,
discreditable,
disreputable;
despicable;
questionable;
unbecoming,
unworthy;
derogatory;
degrading,
humiliating,
infra dignitatem [Lat.],
dedecorous†;
scandalous,
infamous,
too bad,
unmentionable;
ribald,
opprobrious;
errant,
shocking,
outrageous,
notorious.
ignominious,
scrubby,
dirty,
abject,
vile,
beggarly,
pitiful,
low,
mean,
shabby base
etc.
(dishonorable)
940.
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Roget 914:
pitying
etc.
v.;
pitiful,
compassionate,
sympathetic,
touched.
merciful,
clement,
ruthful;
humane;
humanitarian
etc.
(philanthropic)
910;
tender,
tender hearted,
tender as a chicken;
soft,
soft hearted;
unhardened†;
lenient
etc.
740;
exorable†,
forbearing;
melting
etc.
v.;
weak.
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Polish: żałosny
2 pitiful
Bad; unfortunate.
synonyms: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry.
Roget 649:
hurtful,
harmful,
scathful†,
baneful,
baleful;
injurious,
deleterious,
detrimental,
noxious,
pernicious,
mischievous,
full of mischief,
mischief-making,
malefic,
malignant,
nocuous,
noisome;
prejudicial;
disserviceable†,
disadvantageous;
wide-wasting.
unlucky,
sinister;
obnoxious;
untoward,
disastrous.
oppressive,
burdensome,
onerous;
malign
etc.
(malevolent)
907.
corrupting
etc.
(corrupt)
etc.
659;
virulent,
venomous,
envenomed,
corrosive;
poisonous
etc.
(morbific)
657†;
deadly
etc.
(killing)
361;
destructive
etc.
(destroying)
162;
inauspicious
etc.
859.
bad,
ill,
arrant,
as bad as bad can be,
dreadful;
horrid,
horrible;
dire;
rank,
peccant,
foul,
fulsome;
rotten,
rotten at the core.
vile,
base,
villainous;
mean
etc.
(paltry)
643;
injured
&c.;
deteriorated
etc.
659;
unsatisfactory,
exceptionable indifferent;
below par
etc.
(imperfect)
651;
illcontrived,
ill-conditioned;
wretched,
sad,
grievous,
deplorable,
lamentable;
pitiful,
pitiable,
woeful
etc.
(painful)
830.
evil,
wrong;
depraved
etc.
945;
shocking;
reprehensible
etc.
(disapprove)
932.
hateful,
hateful as a toad;
abominable,
detestable,
execrable,
cursed,
accursed,
confounded;
damned,
damnable;
infernal;
diabolic
etc.
(malevolent)
907.
unadvisable
etc.
(inexpedient)
647;
unprofitable
etc.
(useless)
645;
incompetent
etc.
(unskillful)
699;
irremediable
etc.
(hopeless)
859.
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3 pitiful
Deserving or inciting pity:
— A pitiful fate.
synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched.
Roget 643:
unimportant;
of little account,
of small account,
of no account,
of little importance,
of no importance
etc.
642;
immaterial;
unessential,
nonessential;
indifferent.
subordinate
etc.
(inferior)
34;
mediocre
etc.
(average)
29;
passable,
fair,
respectable,
tolerable,
commonplace;
uneventful,
mere,
common;
ordinary
etc.
(habitual)
613;
inconsiderable,
so-so,
insignificant,
inappreciable.
trifling,
trivial;
slight,
slender,
light,
flimsy,
frothy,
idle;
puerile
etc.
(foolish)
499;
airy,
shallow;
weak
etc.
160;
powerless
etc.
158;
frivolous,
petty,
niggling;
piddling,
peddling;
fribble†,
inane,
ridiculous,
farcical;
finical,
finikin†;
fiddle-faddle,
fingle-fangle†,
namby-pamby,
wishy-washy,
milk and water.
poor,
paltry,
pitiful;
contemptible
etc.
(contempt)
930;
sorry,
mean,
meager,
shabby,
miserable,
wretched,
vile,
scrubby,
scrannel†,
weedy,
niggardly,
scurvy,
putid†,
beggarly,
worthless,
twopennyhalfpenny,
cheap,
trashy,
catchpenny,
gimcrack,
trumpery;
one-horse [U.S.].
not worth the pains,
not worth while,
not worth mentioning,
not worth speaking of,
not worth a thought,
not worth a curse,
not worth a straw
etc.
n.;
beneath notice,
unworthy of notice,
beneath regard,
unworthy of regard,
beneath consideration,
unworthy of consideration;
de lana caprina [It];
vain
etc.
(useless)
645.
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Polish: mizerny, nędzny
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