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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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The meaning of PITIFUL is full of pity : compassionate. How to use pitiful in a sentence.
PITIFUL definition: 1. making people feel sympathy: 2. used to say that you consider something to be very bad or not…. Learn more.
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.
Definitions of 'pitiful'. 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. [disapproval] [...] More.
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.
1. Inspiring or deserving pity. 2. Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy. See Synonyms at pathetic. 3. Archaic Filled with pity or compassion. pit′i·ful·ly adv. pit′i·ful·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pit‧i‧ful /ˈpɪtɪfəl/ adjective 1 someone who is pitiful looks or sounds so sad and unfortunate that you feel very sorry for them → pity The refugees were a pitiful sight. 2 a pitiful amount is very small The fee was pitiful – only about £60. 3 very bad in quality SYN awful His ...
Deserving contempt; despicable. Webster's New World. Full of pity or compassion. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. Scotland has a pitiful climate. Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (1) Synonyms: sad. lamentable. distressing. deplorable. sorry. misfortunate.
