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Meaning of pitiful

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pitiful
      adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were
             pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful
             exhibition of cowardice" [syn: {pathetic}, {pitiable},
             {pitiful}]
      2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state";
         "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a
         sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable}, {distressing},
         {lamentable}, {pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}]
      3: deserving or inciting pity; "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" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate},
         {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor},
         {wretched}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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