Definition of pitiable in English:

pitiable

adjective ˈpɪtɪəb(ə)lˈpɪdiəb(ə)l

1Deserving or arousing pity.
the men were in a pitiable condition
Example sentencesExamples
- So these pathetic people hide their pitiable gutless selves in the cloak of anonymity.
- A few imperfect specimens are about, people who make a living out of their pitiable condition.
- When these young people return, despite being richer or better educated or both, they still have no pigs, a condition considered pitiable by the older generation.
- "You have done a wonderful job in bringing Vivek's pitiable condition into the limelight.
- He, despite these daughterly attentions, is perceived by the Colonel to be in ‘a condition of pitiable infirmity’.
- The condition of students waiting for their exams is pitiable.
- The few lives that I had come across were miserable ones, pitiable creatures who had no hope left to live on with.
- To colonists, idiocy was a pitiable and vulnerable condition, one more manifestation of God's diverse creations.
- In either case, the suffering of the person with MPD is equally pitiable and deserving of our understanding, not derision.
- The bloodshed there, and in Romeo and Juliet could be called calamitous, but it was not tragically pitiable.
- If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
- If some doctors, motivated by pity, help such pitiable individuals to die, do they commit the offence of destroying life or not?
- The family of the deceased Avtar Singh is in a very pitiable condition.
- I'm sure I make an appropriately pathetic, pitiable picture, sitting here with tears in my eyes, crumbs on my face, in this awful red dress.
- But what is pitiable is the condition of the tree.
- Keeley came five minutes later and I got up to hug her, clinging to her in the most pitiable way a heartbroken person could.
- Of all the survivors, those who came out of death or labour camps were the most pitiable.
- The pitiable condition of animals in zoos has been a matter of great concern to animal welfare activists.
- It's an odd, disturbing, and pitiable pattern of behaviour.
- Shame is a pitiable and clownish condition, most appallingly pitiable and clownish on television.
Synonyms
touching, moving, sad, saddening, affecting, pitiful, piteous, pathetic, sorrowful, mournful, tearful, wretched, miserable, bitter, painful, distressing, disturbing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, tear-jerking, plaintive, upsetting, tragic
2Contemptibly poor or small.
a pitiable imitation of the real thing
Example sentencesExamples
- The journey is tough as the transportation facility in the region is poor and the roads are in a pitiable condition.
- Lamenting her partner's pitiable dancing, one of the female characters pleas for a real dancer, and her call is answered by an immodest Balthasar decked out in what appears to be a flashy 1980s-style suit.
- Data reveals that the condition of the small-scale industrial units is more pitiable.
- It is pertinent to mention the condition of State finances that are in a pitiable condition.
Synonyms
paltry, miserable, meagre, beggarly, insufficient, insignificant, trifling, negligible, derisory
dreadful, awful, terrible, lamentable, hopeless, wretched, sorry, poor, bad, feeble, well below par, woeful, inadequate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, laughable, worthless

Derivatives

pitiableness

noun ˈpɪtɪəblnəsˈpɪdiəbəlnəs

He had seen grubby, cantankerous men reduced to pitiableness by slighter but nevertheless relentless syndromes, the same shovelled out eye-sockets.

pitiably

adverb ˈpɪtɪəbliˈpɪdiəbli

The human babe is a pitiably helpless and lamentably ignorant animal.
Example sentencesExamples
- When atrocious trouble does come, he suffers it most pitiably.
- Meanwhile, the survivors of the genocide - who were pitiably few in number - haunted the country like ghosts.
- His back was straight again, after all those years of being so pitiably hunched and trembling from the Parkinson's disease.
- The gay characters were presented as suffering from an affliction, or if not, at least as being pitiably different.
- I am terribly sorry, but we are pitiably unprepared to entertain such distinguished company as yourself, your majesty.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French piteable, from piteer 'to pity'.

Definition of pitiable in US English:

pitiable

adjectiveˈpɪdiəb(ə)lˈpidēəb(ə)l

1Deserving or arousing pity.
Example sentencesExamples
- A few imperfect specimens are about, people who make a living out of their pitiable condition.
- The pitiable condition of animals in zoos has been a matter of great concern to animal welfare activists.
- The family of the deceased Avtar Singh is in a very pitiable condition.
- If some doctors, motivated by pity, help such pitiable individuals to die, do they commit the offence of destroying life or not?
- He, despite these daughterly attentions, is perceived by the Colonel to be in ‘a condition of pitiable infirmity’.
- It's an odd, disturbing, and pitiable pattern of behaviour.
- Shame is a pitiable and clownish condition, most appallingly pitiable and clownish on television.
- Keeley came five minutes later and I got up to hug her, clinging to her in the most pitiable way a heartbroken person could.
- Of all the survivors, those who came out of death or labour camps were the most pitiable.
- If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
- To colonists, idiocy was a pitiable and vulnerable condition, one more manifestation of God's diverse creations.
- "You have done a wonderful job in bringing Vivek's pitiable condition into the limelight.
- The few lives that I had come across were miserable ones, pitiable creatures who had no hope left to live on with.
- The condition of students waiting for their exams is pitiable.
- The bloodshed there, and in Romeo and Juliet could be called calamitous, but it was not tragically pitiable.
- So these pathetic people hide their pitiable gutless selves in the cloak of anonymity.
- When these young people return, despite being richer or better educated or both, they still have no pigs, a condition considered pitiable by the older generation.
- But what is pitiable is the condition of the tree.
- In either case, the suffering of the person with MPD is equally pitiable and deserving of our understanding, not derision.
- I'm sure I make an appropriately pathetic, pitiable picture, sitting here with tears in my eyes, crumbs on my face, in this awful red dress.
Synonyms
touching, moving, sad, saddening, affecting, pitiful, piteous, pathetic, sorrowful, mournful, tearful, wretched, miserable, bitter, painful, distressing, disturbing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, tear-jerking, plaintive, upsetting, tragic
1. 1.1 Contemptibly poor or small.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The journey is tough as the transportation facility in the region is poor and the roads are in a pitiable condition.
  Lamenting her partner's pitiable dancing, one of the female characters pleas for a real dancer, and her call is answered by an immodest Balthasar decked out in what appears to be a flashy 1980s-style suit.
  It is pertinent to mention the condition of State finances that are in a pitiable condition.
  Data reveals that the condition of the small-scale industrial units is more pitiable.
  Synonyms
  paltry, miserable, meagre, beggarly, insufficient, insignificant, trifling, negligible, derisory
  dreadful, awful, terrible, lamentable, hopeless, wretched, sorry, poor, bad, feeble, well below par, woeful, inadequate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, laughable, worthless

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French piteable, from piteer ‘to pity’.

单词	pitiable
释义	Definition of pitiable in English: pitiable adjective ˈpɪtɪəb(ə)lˈpɪdiəb(ə)l 1Deserving or arousing pity. the men were in a pitiable condition Example sentencesExamples So these pathetic people hide their pitiable gutless selves in the cloak of anonymity. A few imperfect specimens are about, people who make a living out of their pitiable condition. When these young people return, despite being richer or better educated or both, they still have no pigs, a condition considered pitiable by the older generation. "You have done a wonderful job in bringing Vivek's pitiable condition into the limelight. He, despite these daughterly attentions, is perceived by the Colonel to be in ‘a condition of pitiable infirmity’. The condition of students waiting for their exams is pitiable. The few lives that I had come across were miserable ones, pitiable creatures who had no hope left to live on with. To colonists, idiocy was a pitiable and vulnerable condition, one more manifestation of God's diverse creations. In either case, the suffering of the person with MPD is equally pitiable and deserving of our understanding, not derision. The bloodshed there, and in Romeo and Juliet could be called calamitous, but it was not tragically pitiable. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. If some doctors, motivated by pity, help such pitiable individuals to die, do they commit the offence of destroying life or not? The family of the deceased Avtar Singh is in a very pitiable condition. I'm sure I make an appropriately pathetic, pitiable picture, sitting here with tears in my eyes, crumbs on my face, in this awful red dress. But what is pitiable is the condition of the tree. Keeley came five minutes later and I got up to hug her, clinging to her in the most pitiable way a heartbroken person could. Of all the survivors, those who came out of death or labour camps were the most pitiable. The pitiable condition of animals in zoos has been a matter of great concern to animal welfare activists. It's an odd, disturbing, and pitiable pattern of behaviour. Shame is a pitiable and clownish condition, most appallingly pitiable and clownish on television. Synonyms touching, moving, sad, saddening, affecting, pitiful, piteous, pathetic, sorrowful, mournful, tearful, wretched, miserable, bitter, painful, distressing, disturbing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, tear-jerking, plaintive, upsetting, tragic 2Contemptibly poor or small. a pitiable imitation of the real thing Example sentencesExamples The journey is tough as the transportation facility in the region is poor and the roads are in a pitiable condition. Lamenting her partner's pitiable dancing, one of the female characters pleas for a real dancer, and her call is answered by an immodest Balthasar decked out in what appears to be a flashy 1980s-style suit. Data reveals that the condition of the small-scale industrial units is more pitiable. It is pertinent to mention the condition of State finances that are in a pitiable condition. Synonyms paltry, miserable, meagre, beggarly, insufficient, insignificant, trifling, negligible, derisory dreadful, awful, terrible, lamentable, hopeless, wretched, sorry, poor, bad, feeble, well below par, woeful, inadequate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, laughable, worthless Derivatives pitiableness noun ˈpɪtɪəblnəsˈpɪdiəbəlnəs He had seen grubby, cantankerous men reduced to pitiableness by slighter but nevertheless relentless syndromes, the same shovelled out eye-sockets. pitiably adverb ˈpɪtɪəbliˈpɪdiəbli The human babe is a pitiably helpless and lamentably ignorant animal. Example sentencesExamples When atrocious trouble does come, he suffers it most pitiably. Meanwhile, the survivors of the genocide - who were pitiably few in number - haunted the country like ghosts. His back was straight again, after all those years of being so pitiably hunched and trembling from the Parkinson's disease. The gay characters were presented as suffering from an affliction, or if not, at least as being pitiably different. I am terribly sorry, but we are pitiably unprepared to entertain such distinguished company as yourself, your majesty. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French piteable, from piteer 'to pity'. Definition of pitiable in US English: pitiable adjectiveˈpɪdiəb(ə)lˈpidēəb(ə)l 1Deserving or arousing pity. Example sentencesExamples A few imperfect specimens are about, people who make a living out of their pitiable condition. The pitiable condition of animals in zoos has been a matter of great concern to animal welfare activists. The family of the deceased Avtar Singh is in a very pitiable condition. If some doctors, motivated by pity, help such pitiable individuals to die, do they commit the offence of destroying life or not? He, despite these daughterly attentions, is perceived by the Colonel to be in ‘a condition of pitiable infirmity’. It's an odd, disturbing, and pitiable pattern of behaviour. Shame is a pitiable and clownish condition, most appallingly pitiable and clownish on television. Keeley came five minutes later and I got up to hug her, clinging to her in the most pitiable way a heartbroken person could. Of all the survivors, those who came out of death or labour camps were the most pitiable. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. To colonists, idiocy was a pitiable and vulnerable condition, one more manifestation of God's diverse creations. "You have done a wonderful job in bringing Vivek's pitiable condition into the limelight. The few lives that I had come across were miserable ones, pitiable creatures who had no hope left to live on with. The condition of students waiting for their exams is pitiable. The bloodshed there, and in Romeo and Juliet could be called calamitous, but it was not tragically pitiable. So these pathetic people hide their pitiable gutless selves in the cloak of anonymity. When these young people return, despite being richer or better educated or both, they still have no pigs, a condition considered pitiable by the older generation. But what is pitiable is the condition of the tree. In either case, the suffering of the person with MPD is equally pitiable and deserving of our understanding, not derision. I'm sure I make an appropriately pathetic, pitiable picture, sitting here with tears in my eyes, crumbs on my face, in this awful red dress. Synonyms touching, moving, sad, saddening, affecting, pitiful, piteous, pathetic, sorrowful, mournful, tearful, wretched, miserable, bitter, painful, distressing, disturbing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, tear-jerking, plaintive, upsetting, tragic 1.1 Contemptibly poor or small. Example sentencesExamples The journey is tough as the transportation facility in the region is poor and the roads are in a pitiable condition. Lamenting her partner's pitiable dancing, one of the female characters pleas for a real dancer, and her call is answered by an immodest Balthasar decked out in what appears to be a flashy 1980s-style suit. It is pertinent to mention the condition of State finances that are in a pitiable condition. Data reveals that the condition of the small-scale industrial units is more pitiable. Synonyms paltry, miserable, meagre, beggarly, insufficient, insignificant, trifling, negligible, derisory dreadful, awful, terrible, lamentable, hopeless, wretched, sorry, poor, bad, feeble, well below par, woeful, inadequate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, laughable, worthless Origin Late Middle English: from Old French piteable, from piteer ‘to pity’.
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