Pitiful and Young

Pitiful

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

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

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

Young

Young adjective - Being in the early stage of life, growth, or development.

Pitiful and young are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Young".

Nearby Words: youngster, youngling, youngish

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Transformation Ray In Stanley Kiesel's young adult book The War Between The Pitiful Teachers And The Splendid Kids, the adults utilize a sinister device called the Status Quo Solidifier machine, which turns the defeated kids into well-behaved and well-dressed Perfect Young People.
  • Literature / Nicholas Nickleby Driven to Suicide: Ralph, after finding out that Smike — a pitiful young man he has been tormenting mostly to get to Nicholas — is his own son, whom he had believed dead.
Cite this Source
Young and Pitiful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pitiful/young
Pitiful & Young. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pitiful/young>.
Young or Pitiful. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pitiful/young.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "pitiful" and "young" have occurred on timeline