Synonyms for pitiable
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Pitiful
pitiful, pathetic, wretched, piteous, miserable, contemptible, poor, woeful, deplorable, forlorn, lamentable, unfortunate, despicable, sorrowful, hapless, reprehensible, paltry, lousy, sorry, scandalous, rueful, scummy
Other
compassionable dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
Example sentences
- pathetic The education in that institute is simply pathetic.
- pitiful The pitiful tale fetched tears from the girl.
- deplorable The roads of this city are in deplorable condition.
- piteous He looked piteous, like a drowned mouse.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pitiable | steady | |
| pathetic | rising | |
| pitiful | rising | |
| deplorable | falling | |
| piteous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- poor1
- 5 letters
- sorry2, lousy2
- 6 letters
- paltry2, woeful2, scummy, rueful2
- 7 letters
- pitiful3, hapless2, forlorn2, piteous
- 8 letters
- pathetic3, wretched2
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sorrowful3
- 10 letters
- despicable4, scandalous3, deplorable4, lamentable4
- 11 letters
- unfortunate4
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5
- 14 letters
- compassionable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorry2 = 2 syllables).