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Synonyms for pitiful:


adj. in bad shape; poor

dismal
distressing
insignificant
lamentable
miserable
paltry
pathetic
sad
shabby
sorry
touching
woeful
wretched
abject
affecting
afflicted
arousing
base
beggarly
cheap
cheerless
comfortless
commiserative
compassionate
contemptible
deplorable
despicable
distressed
grievous
heartbreaking
heartrending
inadequate
joyless
low
mean
mournful
moving
piteous
pitiable
scurvy
sorrowful
stirring
suffering
tearful
vile
worthless

Examples of uses:

She swore, in faith 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange 'twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful.
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And if you go back, what a pitiful waste it'll be.
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She swore, in faith, 'twas strange 'twas passing strange, 'twas pitiful 'twas wondrous pitiful.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Then I have to do something so pitiful that I'm ashamed to tell.
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I just didn't think it would all be so pitiful sad.
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It enrages me to see her in a pitiful state like this!
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If I'm honest, it's hard having to look at this pitiful girl
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Prisoner to a former slave and his pitiful allies.
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So i guess a pitiful action is out of the question then?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
And afteritcameout, everybody gave me a pitiful, pathetic look.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

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