Pitiful Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Pitiful

Learn about the word Pitiful to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Pitiful definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Pitiful

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"

See Also |

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Vaccinium stamineum ‐ small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern…
Waste of energy ‐ a…
Schoolmarm ‐ a woman…
Gastronomic ‐ of or relating to gastronomy; "gastronomic…
Quipu ‐ calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by…
Differential threshold ‐ the smallest change in stimulation that a person…
Fingerboard ‐ a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments…
Blastomycotic ‐ of or relating to or characteristic of…
Classify ‐ arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify…
Genus lacerta ‐ type genus of the…