pitiful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
their efforts were pathetic
Related & opposite
- contemptible similar to
Sense 2 adjective
bad; unfortunate
my finances were in a deplorable state
Related & opposite
- lugubriousness derivation
- paltriness derivation
- bewail derivation
- bad similar to
Sense 3 adjective
deserving or inciting pity
a hapless victim
Related & opposite
- pity derivation
- pity derivation
- wretchedness derivation
- unfortunate similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | contemptible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lugubriousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | paltriness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bewail |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretchedness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unfortunate |