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adjective
- 1. deserving or arousing pity: "two children in a very pitiful state" Similar
- 2. very small or poor; inadequate: "a pitiful attempt to impress her" Similar
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PITIFUL definition: 1. making people feel sympathy: 2. used to say that you consider something to be very bad or not…. Learn more.
The meaning of PITIFUL is full of pity : compassionate. How to use pitiful in a sentence.
Pitiful definition: evoking or deserving pity. See examples of PITIFUL used in a sentence.
Pitiful means pathetic. If you don't even study for your test, you're making a pretty pitiful effort to do well. The word pitiful can be used in a range of contexts. Most commonly, you'll see it used as an expression of contempt and pity, the way the word pathetic might be used.
Someone or something that is pitiful is so sad, weak, or small that you feel pity for them. He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted. It was the most pitiful sight I had ever seen.
Definition of pitiful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
That which is pitiful is touching and excites pity or is mean and contemptible: a pitiful leper; a pitiful exhibition of cowardice. pitiable may mean lamentable, or wretched and paltry: a pitiable hovel. piteous refers only to that which exhibits suffering and misery, and is therefore heartrending: piteous poverty.
PITIFUL meaning: 1 : deserving or causing feelings of pity or sympathy; 2 : causing feelings of dislike or disgust by not being enough or not being good enough.
1. Someone or something that is pitiful is so sad, weak, or small that you feel pity for them. [...] 2. If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate.
part of speech: adjective. definition 1: worthy of or inspiring pity or sympathy; pitiable. The cries of the hungry children were pitiful. synonyms: pathetic, piteous, pitiable. similar words: deplorable, heartbreaking, heartrending, measly, miserable, moving, poignant, poor, rueful, sorry, touching.
