Abject and Piteous

Abject

Abject adjective - Showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness.

Piteous and abject are semantically related in wretched topic. In some cases you can use "Piteous" instead an adjective "Abject", when it comes to topics like pitiful, pathetic.

Nearby Words: abjection, abjectly

Piteous

Piteous adjective - Deserving of one's pity.
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Abject and piteous are semantically related in pitiful topic. Sometimes you can use "Abject" instead an adjective "Piteous", if it concerns topics such as wretched, pathetic.

Nearby Word: pitiful
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