Depressing
Depressing adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
Pitiful and depressing are semantically related in pathetic topic. In some cases you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Depressing".
Pitiful
Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).
Depressing and pitiful are semantically related in pathetic topic. Sometimes you can use "Depressing" instead an adjective "Pitiful".
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The episode Vomiting Point from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was extrordinarily depressing, and a satire on the pitiful, everyday lives of people living in a monotonous world, minus the main characters.
Source: Very Special Episode
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