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Mournful vs Pitiable - What's the difference?

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Mournful is a related term of pitiable.


As adjectives the difference between mournful and pitiable

is that mournful is filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns while pitiable is that deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.

mournful

English

Alternative forms

* mournfull

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  • Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
  • * (Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant.

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    pitiable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.

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