pitiable

pitiable is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
2. adjective. inspiring mixed contempt and pity

   "their efforts were pathetic"

   "pitiable lack of character"

   Synonyms: pathetic, pitiful

3. adjective. deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy

   "a hapless victim"

   "miserable victims of war"

   Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, poor, wretched

Synonyms

pathetic, pitiful, hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, poor, wretched

Common word forms

pitiableness

Words from these letters

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