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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.
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.
The meaning of PITIFUL is full of pity : compassionate. How to use pitiful in a sentence. full of pity : compassionate; deserving or arousing pity or commiseration; exciting pitying contempt (as by meanness or inadequacy)…
If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate. [disapproval] The choice is pitiful and the quality of some of the products is very low. The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes.
adj. 1. evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate. 2. arousing contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts. 3.
Pitiful definition: evoking or deserving pity. See examples of PITIFUL used in a sentence.
deserving pity or causing you to feel pity synonym pathetic. The horse was a pitiful sight (= because it was very thin or sick).
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.
pitiful adjective (BAD) very bad: a pitiful excuse. pitiful wages. pitifully. adverb. (Definition of pitiful from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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 performance was pitif...
