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(satellite adjective) inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett |
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Synonyms: ridiculous, silly |
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(satellite adjective) inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" |
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Synonyms: pitiable, pitiful |
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(satellite adjective) 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"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" |
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Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched |
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