Pitiful
Pitiful adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.
Usage example: a pitiful coward
Reprehensible and pitiful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reprehensible" instead an adjective "Pitiful".
Reprehensible
Reprehensible adjective - Deserving reproach or blame.
Pitiful and reprehensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Reprehensible".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and pitiful
- low and reprehensible
- mean and pitiful
- mean and reprehensible
- base and pitiful
- base and reprehensible
- ignoble and pitiful
- ignoble and reprehensible
- cheap and pitiful
- cheap and reprehensible
- unworthy and pitiful
- unworthy and reprehensible
- despicable and pitiful
- despicable and reprehensible
Both words in one sentence
- Agha Mohammed Khan Qajar, on the other hand, is very much a monster (though the eunuch factor is still the one thing that makes seem at least somewhat pitiful rather than purely reprehensible), but certainly no Sissy Villain, being a qualified city-razing family-slaughtering Evil Overlord.
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