Meaning & Definition of Pitiable in English

1. Inspiring mixed contempt and pity

• "Their efforts were pathetic"

• "Pitiable lack of character"

• "Pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

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"