Associations to the word «Pitiable»
Noun
- Plight
- Spectacle
- Cowardice
- Extreme
- Condition
- Pity
- Misery
- Stupidity
- Distress
- Weakness
- Terror
- Sympathy
- Ignorance
- Suffering
- Creature
- Consolation
- Treachery
- Sight
- Contempt
- Object
- Despair
- Limb
- Trembling
- Panic
- Superstition
- Nerve
- Rue
- Misfortune
- Grief
- Fang
- Wreck
- Ambition
- Agony
- Sorrow
- Fate
- Fear
- Render
- Heap
- Remnant
- Victim
- Corpse
- Tear
- Hunger
- Kindness
- Ill
- Shame
- Clothes
- State
- Hatred
- Manner
- Stranger
- Glory
- Mankind
- Cry
- Habit
- Heart
- Regret
- Folk
- Poverty
Adjective
Wiktionary
PITIABLE, adjective. That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
Dictionary definition
PITIABLE, adjective. Inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice".
PITIABLE, 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"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.