Pitiful
Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).
Remorseful and pitiful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Remorseful" instead an adjective "Pitiful".
Remorseful
Remorseful adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Pitiful and remorseful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Remorseful".
Nearby Words: remorseless, remorse
Mutual synonyms
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