pitiable
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(s) inspiring mixed contempt and pity
- their efforts were pathetic
- pitiable lack of character
- pitiful exhibition of cowardice
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(s) 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