Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
   Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
   miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
   pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
   
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   Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}.
        
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 -- {Piti*a*ble*ness}, n. --
        {Piti*a*bly}, adv.
        
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pitiable
     adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were
            pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful
            exhibition of cowardice" [syn: {pathetic}, {pitiful}]
     2: 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" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate},
         {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}]