Abject and Pitiable

Abject

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

Pitiable is a synonym for abject in wretched topic. In some cases you can use "Pitiable" instead an adjective "Abject", when it comes to topics like pitiful, pathetic, measly, hopeless and downtrodden.

Nearby Words: abjection, abjectly

Pitiable

Pitiable adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Abject is a synonym for pitiable in pitiful topic. You can use "Abject" instead an adjective "Pitiable", if it concerns topics such as pathetic, measly.

Nearby Words: pitiful, pity, pitifully, pitied, pitiably
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