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pitiable
(encz) | pitiable,politováníhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pitiable
(encz) | pitiable,žalostný adj: |
Pitiable
(gcide) | Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
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Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"i*a*ble*ness, n. --
Pit"i*a*bly, adv.
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pitiable
(wn) | pitiable
adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were
pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful
exhibition of cowardice" [syn: pathetic, pitiable,
pitiful]
2: 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] |
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Pitiable
(gcide) | Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"i*a*ble*ness, n. --
Pit"i*a*bly, adv.
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Pitiableness
(gcide) | Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"i*a*ble*ness, n. --
Pit"i*a*bly, adv.
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Propitiable
(gcide) | Propitiable \Pro*pi"ti*a*ble\, a. [L. propitiabilis.]
Capable of being propitiated.
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