PITIFUL
\pˈɪtifə͡l], \pˈɪtifəl], \p_ˈɪ_t_i_f_əl]\
Definitions of PITIFUL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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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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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"
By Princeton University
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bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
By Oddity Software
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To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
By Noah Webster.
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Miserable; sad; as, a pitiful sight; insignificant or small; as, a pitiful amount; paltry; contemptible; as, a pitiful ambition.
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Pitifully.
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Pitifulness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
