Pitiful and Penitential

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

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Penitential and pitiful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penitential" instead an adjective "Pitiful".

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

Penitential adjective - Showing or constituting penance.

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Pitiful and penitential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Penitential".

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