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- Dictionarypitiable/ˈpɪtɪəbl/
adjective
- 1. deserving or arousing pity: "the men were in a pitiable condition"
- 2. contemptibly poor or small: "a pitiable imitation of the real thing"
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Pitiable means deserving or exciting pity, or of a kind to evoke mixed pity and contempt. See synonyms, antonyms, examples, word history and more from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Pitiable means feeling or deserving pity, especially because of suffering or misfortune. It is a formal adjective that can be used to describe people, situations or things. See how to use it in sentences and find synonyms and related words.
Pitiable means feeling or deserving pity, or causing pity in others. It is a formal adjective that can be used to describe someone or something in a bad situation. See synonyms, examples, and translations of pitiable.
Pitiable definition: evoking or deserving pity; lamentable. See examples of PITIABLE used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective pitiable, which means deserving pity or causing you to feel pity. See examples, synonyms and word family of pitiable.
Pitiable means someone or something that is in such a sad or weak state that you feel pity for them. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, sentences and word origin of 'pitiable'.
Pitiable describes something that's pathetic or miserable. After learning about the pitiable conditions of schools in parts of rural India, you might decide to donate supplies to them.
