Dictionary definition for: Pitiable
1. (s) inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic" "pitiable lack of character" "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
2. (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 d
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