hapless (s)
miserable (s)
misfortunate (s)
pathetic (s)
piteous (s)
pitiable (s)
pitiful (s)
poor (s)
wretched (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def deserving or inciting pity
examples 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
Outgoing links
Similar to unfortunate
Derivationally related form wretched → wretchedness
Derivationally related form piteous → pity
Derivationally related form piteous → pity
Derivationally related form pathetic → pathos
Derivationally related form miserable → miserableness
Incoming links
Similar to unfortunate
Derived from adjective poorly → poor
Derived from adjective pitiably → pitiable
Derived from adjective pathetically → pathetic
Derived from adjective piteously → piteous
Derived from adjective wretchedly → wretched
Derivationally related form pity → piteous
Derivationally related form pathos → pathetic
Derivationally related form pity → piteous
Derivationally related form miserableness → miserable
Derivationally related form wretchedness → wretched

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