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Adjectives
1. (adj.) pathetic, pitiable, pitiful;
  - inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
  - “their efforts were pathetic”; “pitiable lack of character”; “pitiful exhibition of cowardice”;

2. (adj.) deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry;
  - bad; unfortunate;
  - “my finances were in a deplorable state”; “a lamentable decision”; “her clothes were in sad shape”; “a sorry state of affairs”;

3. (adj.) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched;
  - deserving or inciting pity;
  - “a hapless victim”; “miserable victims of war”; “the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic”; “piteous appeals for help”; “pitiable homeless children”; “a pitiful fate”; “Oh, you poor thing”; “his poor distorted limbs”; “a wretched life”;

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