Definitions for pitiable

pitiable pit·i·a·ble

Spelling: [pit-ee-uh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈpɪt i ə bəl/

Pitiable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in pitiable (abeiilpt).

Definitions for pitiable

adjective

  1. evoking or deserving pity; lamentable:
  2. evoking or deserving contemptuous pity; miserable; contemptible:

Origin of pitiable

1425-75; late Middle English Old French piteable, equivalent to pite(er) to pity + -able -able

Examples for pitiable

Let me tell you that your poor uncle is pitiable in his foolishness this morning.

He limped along in such a pitiable state that Jean's sympathy was aroused.

Eerie orange cones captured in an aerial photograph will show each precise spot where a part of this pitiable child came to rest.

The condition in which I was now placed rendered me indeed a pitiable object.

How pitiable are their physical conditions, their privation and distress of body!

All around us, pundits spend their time bemoaning the pitiable state of men.

The pitiable last photo of the naked megastar projected into the courtroom as Rogers testified is unforgettable.

I am not a majestic man, but a pitiable and ridiculous one!'

The thing seemed to me altogether so pitiable—and yet—and yet, I had sworn.

Amy is, at most, a pitiable woman trapped in a marriage that she has no idea how to fix.

Word Value for pitiable
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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