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• “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“

Synonyms

• hapless deserving or inciting pity
• miserable very unhappy; deserving or inciting pity; of the most contemptible kind; of very poor quality or condition; characterized by physical misery; contemptibly small in amount
• misfortunate deserving or inciting pity
• piteous deserving or inciting pity
• pitiable inspiring mixed contempt and pity; deserving or inciting pity
• pitiful inspiring mixed contempt and pity; bad; deserving or inciting pity
• poor people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); deserving or inciting pity; having little money or few possessions; characterized by or indicating poverty; lacking in quality or substances; of insufficient quantity to meet a need
• wretched of very poor quality or condition; characterized by physical misery; very unhappy; morally reprehensible; deserving or inciting pity

• “their efforts were pathetic“
• “pitiable lack of character“
• “pitiful exhibition of cowardice“

Synonyms

• pitiable inspiring mixed contempt and pity; deserving or inciting pity
• pitiful inspiring mixed contempt and pity; bad; deserving or inciting pity

• “how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett“

Synonyms

• ridiculous inspiring scornful pity; so unreasonable as to invite derision; broadly or extravagantly humorous
• silly a word used for misbehaving children; ludicrous, foolish; lacking seriousness; inspiring scornful pity; dazed from or as if from repeated blows