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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 means making people feel sympathy or used to say that something is very bad or not enough. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and related terms from the Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
PITIFUL meaning: 1. making people feel sympathy: 2. used to...
- Znaczenie Pitiful, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
pitiful definicja: 1. making people feel sympathy: 2. used...
- Pitiful: Polish Translation
pitiful translate: żałosny, żałosny, żałosny, żałosny. Learn...
- English (US)
The meaning of PITIFUL is full of pity : compassionate. How to use pitiful in a sentence.
Pitiful means evoking or deserving pity, or contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc. See the origin, word history, synonym study, and example sentences of pitiful on Dictionary.com.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of the adjective 'pitiful', which can describe something or someone that evokes pity or contempt. See examples, collocations, and contrast with 'pitiable' and 'piteous'.
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.
Pitiful means inspiring or deserving pity, or arousing contemptuous pity. Find out the difference between pitiful, pitiable, and piteous, and see examples and translations of pitiful.
Definition of pitiful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
