Cruel and Pitiable

Cruel

Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

Pitiable and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pitiable" instead an adjective "Cruel".

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Pitiable

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

Cruel and pitiable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Pitiable".

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

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Aëdemphia Cruel, hateful and destructive, he's also pathetic and pitiable because of his tragic backstory, his madness, his pain and the horrible successive Body Horrors he has to go through.
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