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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.