Pitiable
['pɪtɪəb(ə)l] or ['pɪtɪəbl]
Definition
(a.) Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Deplorable, wretched, miserable, piteous, deserving pity, to be pitied.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PITEOUS]
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Examples
- In that, he could not be defended; but if he had injured her, how much more had he injured himself; if her case were pitiable, his was hopeless. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- His anxiety, his eagerness, and affliction at this pass are pitiable to behold. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Celia had become less afraid of saying things to Dorothea since this engagement: cleverness seemed to her more pitiable than ever. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As the last thing on earth that his heart was to warm and soften to, it warmed and softened to this pitiable girl. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- See what a poor, pale, grim phantom I am--more pitiable than formidable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The little children were in a pitiable condition--they all had sore eyes, and were otherwise afflicted in various ways. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He found his brother-in-law in a condition of pitiable infirmity--and dreadfully afraid of Rebecca, though eager in his praises of her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was pitiable that he, who knew the mixed motives on which social judgments depend, should still feel himself so swayed by them. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mrs. Bennet was really in a most pitiable state. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- What a pitiable, forlorn, disconsolate being I was! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Yes, he said; and, I may add, pitiable. Plato. The Republic.
- What could have happened, then, to bring one of the foremost citizens of London to this most pitiable pass? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The wretched Mr Sampson's position at this agreeable entertainment was truly pitiable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Pitiable as such an attitude seemed to Gerty, she could not judge it as harshly as Selden, for instance, might have done. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The unfortunate tutor was certainly in a state of pitiable agitation when we found him in his chambers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was something that touched me as I read this letter, something pitiable in the reiterated appeals to bring Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was really pitiable to be as ignorant of the world as Mrs. Peniston! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She is in a condition of nervous agitation pitiable to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was in a pitiable state of reaction, with every nerve in a twitter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lydgate thought that there was a pitiable infirmity of will in Mr. Farebrother. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In that case, nothing could be more pitiable or more honourable than the sacrifices she had resolved on. Jane Austen. Emma.
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