Laudable and Pitiful

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Laudable adjective - Deserving of high regard or great approval.

Usage example: you showed laudable restraint in dealing with that ridiculously demanding customer

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Pitiful is an antonym for laudable.

Nearby Words: laud, laudation, lauded, laudatory, laudably

Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

Usage example: that piece of junk is a pitiful excuse for a car

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Laudable is an antonym for pitiful in worthless topic.

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully

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