Pitiful
Crossword Clue and Answers
Looking for answers to the "Pitiful" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 18 crossword solutions for Pitiful.
We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.
We deem Pitiful to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 18 times in a variety of crossword publications.
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Publications
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 3 Dec 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 27 Aug 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 15 Jul 2021
- The Guardian Quick - Friday, 20 Sep 2019
- The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 4 Sep 2018
- The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 20 Jun 2017
- The New York Times Crossword - Saturday, 1 Apr 2017
Crossword Answers
3 letters
SAD
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
SOR
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POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"
5 letters
SORRY
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
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TRAGIC
Of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"
WOEFUL
Affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
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HAPLESS
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
PITEOUS
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
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PATHETIC
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
PITIABLE
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
WRETCHED
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
9 letters
MISERABLE
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
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LAMENTABLE
Bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
DEPLORABLE
Of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
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DISTRESSING
Causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
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MISFORTUNATE
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
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HEARTBREAKING
Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"