Pitiful and Risible

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

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

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

Risible adjective - Causing or intended to cause laughter.

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Pitiful and risible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Risible".

Nearby Word: risibility

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