Pitiful and Wistful

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

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

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

Wistful adjective - Showing pensive sadness.

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Pitiful and wistful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Wistful".

Nearby Word: wistfully

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