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Pitiful Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pitiful? [adj] inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" [adj] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" [adj] bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pitiful: bad \| contemptible \| deplorable \| distressing \| hapless \| lamentable \| miserable \| misfortunate \| pathetic \| piteous \| pitiable \| poor \| sad \| sorry \| unfortunate \| wretched Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pitiful: abominable \| affecting \| arrant \| atrocious \| awful \| base \| beastly \| beggarly \| beneath contempt \| beneath one \| blameworthy \| brutal \| cheap \| cheesy \| common \| contemptible \| crummy \| debasing \| degrading \| demeaning \| deplorable \| despicable \| detestable \| dire \| disgraceful \| disgusting \| doleful \| dreadful \| egregious \| enormous \| fetid \| filthy \| flagrant \| foul \| fulsome \| gaudy \| gimcracky \| grievous \| gross \| gutter \| hateful \| heartrending \| heinous \| horrible \| horrid \| humiliating \| humiliative \| infamous \| infra dig \| infra indignitatem \| insignificant \| lamentable \| little \| loathsome \| lousy \| mean \| meretricious \| miserable \| monstrous \| moving \| nasty \| nefarious \| noisome \| notorious \| obnoxious \| odious \| offensive \| opprobrious \| outrageous \| paltry \| pathetic \| piteous \| pitiable \| poor \| rank \| regrettable \| reprehensible \| repulsive \| rotten \| rubbishy \| rueful \| sad \| scandalous \| schlock \| scrubby \| scruffy \| scummy \| scurvy \| scuzzy \| shabby \| shameful \| shocking \| shoddy \| small \| sordid \| sorry \| squalid \| terrible \| too bad \| touching \| trashy \| trifling \| trumpery \| two-for-a-cent \| two-for-a-penny \| twopenny \| twopenny-halfpenny \| unbecoming \| unclean \| unimportant \| unworthy of one \| valueless \| vile \| villainous \| woeful \| worst \| worthless \| wretched See Also \| Pitiful In Webster's Dictionary \Pit"iful\, a. 1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. --James v. 11. 2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. --Spenser. 3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. --Shak. Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}. -- {Pit"ifully}, adv. -- {Pit"iful*ness}, n.

Pitiful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pitiful?

[adj] inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
[adj] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
[adj] bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

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Pitiful In Webster's Dictionary

\Pit"i*ful\, a.
1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind;
   merciful; sympathetic.

         The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
                                               --James v. 11.

2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.

         A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
                                               --Spenser.

3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable;
   paltry; contemptible; despicable.

         That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition
         in the fool that uses it.             --Shak.

Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}. --
     {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"i*ful*ness}, n.

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