Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
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Bade.
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Bade.
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Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.
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Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.
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Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…
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Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…
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Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
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of Distress
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Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.
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Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.
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Very unhappy; wretched.
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Producing misfortune.
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Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
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Pious; devout.
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Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchednes…
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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
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Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly oft…
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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.
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