Pitiful
Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).
Poverty-stricken and pitiful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poverty-stricken" instead an adjective "Pitiful".
Poverty-stricken
Poverty-stricken adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Pitiful and poverty-stricken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective phrase "Poverty-stricken".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and pitiful
- low and poverty-stricken
- base and pitiful
- base and poverty-stricken
- shabby and pitiful
- shabby and poverty-stricken
- poor and pitiful
- poor and poverty-stricken
- despicable and pitiful
- despicable and poverty-stricken
- vile and pitiful
- vile and poverty-stricken
- abject and pitiful
- abject and poverty-stricken
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