You pity someone, you feel sorry for someone for all kinds of reasons like he is poor, he is sick, he is homeless, he fails in life etc.
Is there any adjective or noun to refer to those people?
kenny1999 Is there any adjective or noun to refer to those people? Here are a few adjectives that describe such people: downtrodden, oppressed, disadvantaged, marginalized, poverty-stricken, destitute, needy, unfortunate, pathetic, pitiful, wretched CJ
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kenny1999Is there any adjective or noun to refer to those people?
Here are a few adjectives that describe such people:
downtrodden, oppressed, disadvantaged, marginalized, poverty-stricken, destitute, needy, unfortunate, pathetic, pitiful, wretched
CJ