Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

ADJECTIVE 3

1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity

   • “their efforts were pathetic”
   • “pitiable lack of character”
   • “pitiful exhibition of cowardice”
   Synonymspatheticpitiable

2. bad; unfortunate

   • “my finances were in a deplorable state”
   • “a lamentable decision”
   • “her clothes were in sad shape”
   • “a sorry state of affairs”
   Synonymsdeplorabledistressinglamentablesadsorry

3. 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”
   Synonymshaplessmiserablemisfortunatepatheticpiteouspitiablepoorwretched