Mean and Pitiful

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Mean

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

Usage example: that was no mean stunt to pull off, especially with so little advance preparation

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Pitiful is a synonym for mean in poor topic. In some cases you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Mean", when it comes to topics like contemptible.

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Pitiful

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

Usage example: a pitiful coward

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Mean is a synonym for pitiful in poor topic. You can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Pitiful", if it concerns topics such as inadequate, contemptible.

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

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This Loser Is You: And by 'you' I mean the no-talent hack writing this pitiful excuse of a webcomic, and the people like him.

Source: TB Abrams
Cats Are Mean: Muriel and Troy, the two alley cat minions (albeit in a more pitiful sense than Dragon).

Source: Western Animation / The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue

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