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单词 pitiably
释义

pitiable

adjective

piti·​able ˈpi-tē-ə-bəl How to pronounce pitiable (audio)
1
: deserving or exciting pity : lamentable
pitiable victims
2
: of a kind to evoke mingled pity and contempt especially because of inadequacy
a pitiable excuse
pitiableness noun
pitiably
ˈpi-tē-ə-blē How to pronounce pitiable (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • cheap
  • contemptible
  • cruddy
  • deplorable
  • despicable
  • dirty
  • grubby
  • lame
  • lousy
  • mean
  • nasty
  • paltry
  • pitiful
  • ratty
  • scabby
  • scummy
  • scurvy
  • sneaking
  • sorry
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

the sales presentation was a pitiable display of ineptitude and disorganization a pitiable attempt at singing that generated snickers
Recent Examples on the Web Currently, e-bikes are trapped in the weird smear between pathetic, loser bicycles and pitiable, low-end motorbikes. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2022 Moss-Bachrach, who played the rangy musician Desi in HBO’s Girls, is comically pitiable as Richie, a man with the seeming emotional breadth of day-old pizza. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 July 2022 Even now, nostalgia remains a pitiable condition in the popular imagination—not dangerous or life-threatening, but sentimental and backward-looking. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 Ukrainians are perfectly capable of writing Russian correctly, but during the war some internet commentators have spelled the occasional Russian word using the Ukrainian writing system, leaving it looking unmoored and pitiable. New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022 The third week of Russia’s war on Ukraine shows, like its predecessors, gallant resistance, pitiable suffering, and slow Russian progress. Nr Editors, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 The dogs will walk back and forth along the circumference of their pitiable circle, compulsively, like death-row inmates pacing their cells. Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021 Remember that Nike spoof, Eris running shoes, about a pitiable boy who works in a sweatshop and accidentally sews his hands together? Ade D. Adeniji, Wired, 27 Oct. 2021 But as with most of Binoche’s vulnerable characters, Tereza is never pitiable. Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas And Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

pitiable

adjective

piti·​able ˈpi-tē-ə-bəl How to pronounce pitiable (audio)
: pitiful

pitiably

adverb

as in contemptibly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • contemptibly
  • abominably
  • detestably
  • wretchedly
  • despicably
  • hatefully
  • nastily
  • sorrily
  • basely
  • ignobly
  • dishonorably
  • degenerately
  • currishly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nobly
  • greatly
  • heroically
  • magnanimously
  • grandly
  • gallantly
  • honorably
  • loftily
  • venerably
  • magnificently
  • majestically
  • greatheartedly
  • high-mindedly
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