Pitiful and Unfortunate

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Pitiful adjective - Deserving or inciting pity.

Usage example: a pitiful fate

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Unfortunate is a synonym for pitiful. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Pitiful".

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

Unfortunate adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.

Usage example: an unfortunate choice of words that would later prove to be embarrassing for the talk show host

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Pitiful is a synonym for unfortunate in unlucky topic. You can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".

Nearby Word: unfortunately

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Unfortunate and Pitiful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pitiful/unfortunate

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