pitifuladj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtɪf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdif(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English peteful, Middle English petiful, Middle English petyful, Middle English piteefull, Middle English pitefulle, Middle English pytefull, Middle English pyttyful, Middle English pytyful, Middle English 1600s pityful, Middle English–1500s piteful, Middle English–1500s pitefull, 1500s petefull, 1500s pietifull, 1500s pitfle, 1500s pitiefull, 1500s pyteful, 1500s pytiful, 1500s pytyfull, 1500s–1600s pitifull, 1500s–1700s pittiful, 1500s–1600s pittifull, 1500s– pitiful, 1600s pittyfull, 1600s pityfull; Scottish pre-1700 petefull, pre-1700 petyful, pre-1700 pietefull, pre-1700 pietiful, pre-1700 pietifull, pre-1700 pitieful, pre-1700 pitiefull, pre-1700 pittifull, pre-1700 1700s pitifull, pre-1700 1700s– pitiful, 1800s pitifu', 1900s– peetifu'.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pity n., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < pity n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier piteous adj. and piteous adv., and also pitiable adj.

A. adj.

1. Full of or characterized by pity; compassionate, merciful, tender. Cf. pitiable adj. 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective]

pitifulc1350

pitiablea1475

yearninga1704

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxxv. 14 (MED) For þou..art pityful [L. miserator] and merciable.

a1400 Brief Counsels (Royal) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 66 (MED) Mildnes: Be piteful; Loue þi neghbore.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 200 (MED) And redily, lord, heryn þou makist þe, ful curteis, gentil, and piteful into oure eese, and doost to vs a greet benefet.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclxxxvi/2 Thenne this pytefull man..dyde almesse.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) James v. 11 The lorde is very pitifull and mercifull.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xx. 100 Shewing his pietifull affeccion.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 2 The Wall is high, and yet will I leape downe. Good ground be pittifull, and hurt me not.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 623 He was pitiful to the poor, and hospitable to his neighbours.

1707 O. Blackall Blessedness of Poor in Spirit 26 A pitiful and compassionate Temper.

1791 A. Yearsley Earl Goodwin 68 My heart to him grew pitiful.

1850 E. C. Gaskell Lizzie Leigh iii For she is tender and pitiful, and speaks hopefully of my lost one.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vii. 186 Why did our Divine Master, pitiful and tender as He is, speak so sternly?

1934 M. Asquith Fräulein Schwartz v, in Miss Ogilvy finds Herself 156 There was Fräulein Schwartz to whom nobody spoke except Alan, who felt very pitiful of her.

1984 H. Spurling Secrets of Woman's Heart vii. 193 Ivy was..always pitiful in her books to the maltreated and weak.

2015 W. Hershaw Postcairds fae Woodwick Mill 40 [Ceremonial] Mace. Wyce-like/Peityfou/Even-haundit/Straught.

†2. Characterized by piety; devout. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adjective]

GodfrightOE

goodOE

ghostlyOE

Godfrightya1225

seelya1225

devout?c1225

piteousc1300

spiritualc1384

graciousa1387

godlyc1390

pitifulc1449

inwardc1450

piousc1450

evangelica1475

servantly1503

obedientiala1513

Christian1526

well-believing1529

God-fearing1548

resigneda1555

heavenly minded1569

timorate1570

Godfull1593

pious1595

fearful1597

devoutful1598

devotea1625

serious1684

unctuous1742

theopathetic1749

fire-spirited1845

theopathic1846

unctional1849

interior1854

devotionate1864

sacramental1874

pi1891

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 200 (MED) O cros..encrece thou riȝtwisnes to piteful men [L. piis adauge gratiam] and ȝeue forȝeuenes to gilti men.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Piii/2 Pittiful, pius..misericors.

3. Arousing or apt to arouse pity; deserving pity; moving, affecting. Cf. pitiable adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective]

armlyeOE

unseelyOE

rulyOE

ruefulc1225

ruthfulc1225

sorryc1225

piteousc1300

poorc1300

ruthlyc1300

pietousa1393

pitifulc1450

lamentablec1460

miserable?a1475

pitiablec1475

execrable1490

plainful1555

tristsum1567

passionatea1586

touchinga1586

pathetic1591

melting1593

remorseful?1615

compassionate1630

compassionable1635

ruesome1833

po'1866

little-boy-lost1957

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable

ruefulc1225

pietousa1393

weepablec1449

pitifulc1450

lamentablec1460

pitiablec1475

implorable1535

moanworthy1540

wailfula1547

wailsome1566

tristsum1567

moanful1573

souspirable1594

bemoanable1611

bewailable1611

deplorable1612

criminal1792

c1450 [implied in: Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 286 He hard a voyce cry petifullie..‘Iulian, com & feche me owr, I pray the!’ (at pitifully adv. 2)].

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 223 (MED) Now is þe ston take ffrom þe caue; here may men se A rewly sygth of þis ded body..Wrappyd in a petefful plyght.

1532 W. Tyndale Wks. (1573) II. 91 How pale and pitiful look they,..hanging down their heads.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. x. 183/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I To raise pitifull and odious sores, and mooue the harts of the goers by such places where they lie, to yerne at their miserie.

1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva ii. i. 66 The pittifullest spectacle that man can behold.

1688 A. Behn Fair Jilt 28 He..made so pitiful a Story of his suffering Love, as almost mov'd the old Prince to compassionate him so far, as to permit him to stay.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 275 The Poor, who were more subject to be infected and in the most pitiful Plight when they were taken with the Infection.

1797 Anti-Jacobin 27 Nov. 15/2 As soon as you have told your Pitiful story.

1831 M. Prince Hist. Mary Prince (ed. 3) 3 It recalls the great grief that filled my heart..whilst listening to the pitiful words of my poor mother, weeping for the loss of her children.

1871 J. Morley Vauvenargues in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 6 The pitiful fate of his friend.

1900 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister's Wooing 320 The streets sae het and dry, the blawin' stoor, the peetifu' bairns in the gutter.

1943 John Bull 20 Nov. 6/2 Contribution to the controversy about war-time morals came from Capt. Cunningham Reid, who told..the pitiful story of Mary, the ‘good-time girl’.

1990 P. Callow Van Gogh (BNC) 122 Somehow this sad and pitiful woman..has been fused with Michelet's ‘woman in black’ in his imagination.

4. Evoking pitying contempt; very small, poor, or meagre; paltry; inadequate, insignificant; despicable, contemptible. Cf. pitiable adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

unworthlyc1230

wretcha1250

seely1297

vilec1320

not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

threadbarec1412

wretched1450

miserable?a1513

rascal1519

prettya1522

not worth a whistlea1529

pegrall1535

plack1539

pelting1540

scald1542

sleeveless1551

baggage1553

paltering1553

piddling1559

twopenny1560

paltry1565

rubbish1565

baggagely1573

pelfish1577

halfpenny1579

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baubling1581

three-halfpenny1581

pitiful1582

triobolar1585

squirting1589

not worth a lousea1592

hedge1596

cheap1597

peddling1597

dribbling1600

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rascally1600

three-farthingc1600

draughty1602

dilute1605

copper1609

peltry?a1610

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pelsy1631

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triobolary1644

pigwidgeon1647

dustya1649

fiddling1652

puddlinga1653

insignificant1658

piteous1667

snotty1681

scrubbed1688

dishonourable1699

scrub1711

footy1720

fouty1722

rubbishing1731

chuck-farthing1748

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poxya1758

rubbishly1777

waff-like1808

trinkety1817

meanish1831

one-eyed1843

twiddling1844

measly1847

poking1850

picayunish1852

vild1853

picayune1856

snide1859

two-cent1859

rummagy1872

faddling1883

finicking1886

slushy1889

twopence halfpenny1890

jerk1893

pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

piddly1933

chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible

unworthc893

unwrastc893

littleOE

narrow-hearteda1200

wretcha1200

unworthya1240

wretchedc1250

un-i-wrastc1275

bad1276

lechera1300

feeblea1325

despisablea1340

villain1340

contemptiblec1384

lousyc1386

caitiff1393

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sevenpennyc1475

nasty1477

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despicable1553

skit-brained?1553

contemniblea1555

vile1560

sluttish1561

queer1567

scornful1570

scallardc1575

tinkerly?1576

worthless1576

beggarly?1577

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purulent1611

snotty-nose1622

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wormy1640

pissabed1643

triobolary1644

disparageable1648

blue-bellied1652

unestimable1656

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snotty1681

snotty-nosed1682

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bollocky1694

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scaldeda1704

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inimitable1798

scrubbish1798

worm-likea1807

small1824

lowlife1827

ketty1828

skunkish1831

yellow-bellied1833

scaly1843

cockroachya1845

wutless1853

nigger1859

trashy1862

low-down1872

cruddy1877

shitty1879

tinhorn1886

blithering1889

motherfucking1890

snidey1890

pilgarlicky1894

shitass1895

shoddy1918

yah boo1921

bitching1929

shit-faced1932

turdish1936

fricking1937

jerk-off1937

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

snot-nosed1941

jerky1944

mother-loving1948

scroungy1948

fecking1952

pissant1952

shit-kicking1953

shit-eating1956

bumboclaat1957

rassclaat1957

shit-headed1959

farkakte1960

shithouse1966

daggy1967

dipshit1968

scuzzy1969

bloodclaat1971

bitch ass1972

wanky1972

streelish1974

twatty1975

twattish1976

dweeby1988

douchey1991

wank1991

cockish1996

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 65 Feare shews pitfle crauens.

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. vii. 42 Many such simple & friuolous matters, and more mildly to tearme them, pitifull.

1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 Feb. (1970) I. 69 A pitiful copy of verses.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 28 It is no more but a pitiful Village.

1738 J. Hildrop Let. Commandm. (ed. 4) 17 Stealing we all know is the most pitiful, scoundrel Act of Injustice.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 240 I see the pitiful advantage he has taken.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix. 71/1 Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it in God's name!

1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iv. 130 When you talk such pitiful trash about rewarding me.

1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement i. 38 He could not pretend to himself now that such pitiful economies as these could stop the rot.

1992 G. Vanderhaeghe Things as they Are? 222 You're one pitiful solitaire player, the man repeated.

†B. adv.

Pitifully. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adverb]

rulyeOE

ruefullyc1225

ruthfullyc1225

piteouslyc1300

miserably?a1425

piteousc1425

pitifullyc1450

pietously1474

touchingly?1507

lamentably1585

pitiful1600

pitiedly1661

meltingly1680

pitiably1688

pathetic1724

pathetically1740

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. ii. 28 The God of loue that..knowes me, how pittifull I deserue.

Compounds

† pitiful-hearted adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 120 Pittifull harted Titan that melted at the sweet tale of the sonnes.

1741 ‘Jeremy Sharp’ Eng. Rogue 47 He..told me, that I must be sure to rise very early in the Morning, that those who passed by might suppose I had no other Lodging, but what a Bulk or a Gate-way afforded, That very often procuring Relief from pitiful hearted People.

1875 D. M. Mulock Christian's Mistake 26 He saw it all, this good man, this generous, pitiful-hearted man, who knew what sorrow was.

† pitiful-minded adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

a1645 W. Strode Floating Island (1655) ii. iii As for my Sister, shee's one I'm sure: She colours for it; her willow gowne with nay me forsaken wretch is a Challeng, a meer Challeng to all pittiful-minded Amoroses.

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. D3^v Procuring relief from pitiful-minded persons.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pitiful
释义	pitifuladj.adv. Brit. /ˈpɪtɪf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈpɪdif(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English peteful, Middle English petiful, Middle English petyful, Middle English piteefull, Middle English pitefulle, Middle English pytefull, Middle English pyttyful, Middle English pytyful, Middle English 1600s pityful, Middle English–1500s piteful, Middle English–1500s pitefull, 1500s petefull, 1500s pietifull, 1500s pitfle, 1500s pitiefull, 1500s pyteful, 1500s pytiful, 1500s pytyfull, 1500s–1600s pitifull, 1500s–1700s pittiful, 1500s–1600s pittifull, 1500s– pitiful, 1600s pittyfull, 1600s pityfull; Scottish pre-1700 petefull, pre-1700 petyful, pre-1700 pietefull, pre-1700 pietiful, pre-1700 pietifull, pre-1700 pitieful, pre-1700 pitiefull, pre-1700 pittifull, pre-1700 1700s pitifull, pre-1700 1700s– pitiful, 1800s pitifu', 1900s– peetifu'. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pity n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < pity n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier piteous adj. and piteous adv., and also pitiable adj. A. adj. 1. Full of or characterized by pity; compassionate, merciful, tender. Cf. pitiable adj. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] pitifulc1350 pitiablea1475 yearninga1704 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxxv. 14 (MED) For þou..art pityful [L. miserator] and merciable. a1400 Brief Counsels (Royal) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 66 (MED) Mildnes: Be piteful; Loue þi neghbore. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 200 (MED) And redily, lord, heryn þou makist þe, ful curteis, gentil, and piteful into oure eese, and doost to vs a greet benefet. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclxxxvi/2 Thenne this pytefull man..dyde almesse. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) James v. 11 The lorde is very pitifull and mercifull. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xx. 100 Shewing his pietifull affeccion. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 2 The Wall is high, and yet will I leape downe. Good ground be pittifull, and hurt me not. View more context for this quotation 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 623 He was pitiful to the poor, and hospitable to his neighbours. 1707 O. Blackall Blessedness of Poor in Spirit 26 A pitiful and compassionate Temper. 1791 A. Yearsley Earl Goodwin 68 My heart to him grew pitiful. 1850 E. C. Gaskell Lizzie Leigh iii For she is tender and pitiful, and speaks hopefully of my lost one. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vii. 186 Why did our Divine Master, pitiful and tender as He is, speak so sternly? 1934 M. Asquith Fräulein Schwartz v, in Miss Ogilvy finds Herself 156 There was Fräulein Schwartz to whom nobody spoke except Alan, who felt very pitiful of her. 1984 H. Spurling Secrets of Woman's Heart vii. 193 Ivy was..always pitiful in her books to the maltreated and weak. 2015 W. Hershaw Postcairds fae Woodwick Mill 40 [Ceremonial] Mace. Wyce-like/Peityfou/Even-haundit/Straught. †2. Characterized by piety; devout. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adjective] GodfrightOE goodOE ghostlyOE Godfrightya1225 seelya1225 devout?c1225 piteousc1300 spiritualc1384 graciousa1387 godlyc1390 pitifulc1449 inwardc1450 piousc1450 evangelica1475 servantly1503 obedientiala1513 Christian1526 well-believing1529 God-fearing1548 resigneda1555 heavenly minded1569 timorate1570 Godfull1593 pious1595 fearful1597 devoutful1598 devotea1625 serious1684 unctuous1742 theopathetic1749 fire-spirited1845 theopathic1846 unctional1849 interior1854 devotionate1864 sacramental1874 pi1891 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 200 (MED) O cros..encrece thou riȝtwisnes to piteful men [L. piis adauge gratiam] and ȝeue forȝeuenes to gilti men. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Piii/2 Pittiful, pius..misericors. 3. Arousing or apt to arouse pity; deserving pity; moving, affecting. Cf. pitiable adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective] armlyeOE unseelyOE rulyOE ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorryc1225 piteousc1300 poorc1300 ruthlyc1300 pietousa1393 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 miserable?a1475 pitiablec1475 execrable1490 plainful1555 tristsum1567 passionatea1586 touchinga1586 pathetic1591 melting1593 remorseful?1615 compassionate1630 compassionable1635 ruesome1833 po'1866 little-boy-lost1957 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable ruefulc1225 pietousa1393 weepablec1449 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 pitiablec1475 implorable1535 moanworthy1540 wailfula1547 wailsome1566 tristsum1567 moanful1573 souspirable1594 bemoanable1611 bewailable1611 deplorable1612 criminal1792 c1450 [implied in: Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 286 He hard a voyce cry petifullie..‘Iulian, com & feche me owr, I pray the!’ (at pitifully adv. 2)]. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 223 (MED) Now is þe ston take ffrom þe caue; here may men se A rewly sygth of þis ded body..Wrappyd in a petefful plyght. 1532 W. Tyndale Wks. (1573) II. 91 How pale and pitiful look they,..hanging down their heads. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. x. 183/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I To raise pitifull and odious sores, and mooue the harts of the goers by such places where they lie, to yerne at their miserie. 1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva ii. i. 66 The pittifullest spectacle that man can behold. 1688 A. Behn Fair Jilt 28 He..made so pitiful a Story of his suffering Love, as almost mov'd the old Prince to compassionate him so far, as to permit him to stay. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 275 The Poor, who were more subject to be infected and in the most pitiful Plight when they were taken with the Infection. 1797 Anti-Jacobin 27 Nov. 15/2 As soon as you have told your Pitiful story. 1831 M. Prince Hist. Mary Prince (ed. 3) 3 It recalls the great grief that filled my heart..whilst listening to the pitiful words of my poor mother, weeping for the loss of her children. 1871 J. Morley Vauvenargues in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 6 The pitiful fate of his friend. 1900 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister's Wooing 320 The streets sae het and dry, the blawin' stoor, the peetifu' bairns in the gutter. 1943 John Bull 20 Nov. 6/2 Contribution to the controversy about war-time morals came from Capt. Cunningham Reid, who told..the pitiful story of Mary, the ‘good-time girl’. 1990 P. Callow Van Gogh (BNC) 122 Somehow this sad and pitiful woman..has been fused with Michelet's ‘woman in black’ in his imagination. 4. Evoking pitying contempt; very small, poor, or meagre; paltry; inadequate, insignificant; despicable, contemptible. Cf. pitiable adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible unworthc893 unwrastc893 littleOE narrow-hearteda1200 wretcha1200 unworthya1240 wretchedc1250 un-i-wrastc1275 bad1276 lechera1300 feeblea1325 despisablea1340 villain1340 contemptiblec1384 lousyc1386 caitiff1393 brothelyc1400 roinousa1425 poor1425 sevenpennyc1475 nasty1477 peakish1519 filthy1533 despectuous1541 beggary1542 scald1542 shitten?1545 disdainfula1547 contemptuous1549 despicable1553 skit-brained?1553 contemniblea1555 vile1560 sluttish1561 queer1567 scornful1570 scallardc1575 tinkerly?1576 worthless1576 beggarly?1577 paltry1578 halfpenny1579 dog bolt1580 pitiful1582 sneaking1582 triobolar1585 wormisha1586 baddy1586 dudgeon1592 measled1596 packstaff1598 roguey1598 roguish1601 contemptful1608 grovelling1608 lightly1608 disdainable1611 purulent1611 snotty-nose1622 vilipendious1630 cittern-headed1638 wormy1640 pissabed1643 triobolary1644 disparageable1648 blue-bellied1652 unestimable1656 scullion1658 piteous1667 dirty1670 shabbed1674 shabby1679 snotty1681 snotty-nosed1682 mucky1683 bollocky1694 scoundrel1700 scaldeda1704 sneaking1703 ficulnean1716 unsolid1731 pitiable1753 scrubby1754 inimitable1798 scrubbish1798 worm-likea1807 small1824 lowlife1827 ketty1828 skunkish1831 yellow-bellied1833 scaly1843 cockroachya1845 wutless1853 nigger1859 trashy1862 low-down1872 cruddy1877 shitty1879 tinhorn1886 blithering1889 motherfucking1890 snidey1890 pilgarlicky1894 shitass1895 shoddy1918 yah boo1921 bitching1929 shit-faced1932 turdish1936 fricking1937 jerk-off1937 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 snot-nosed1941 jerky1944 mother-loving1948 scroungy1948 fecking1952 pissant1952 shit-kicking1953 shit-eating1956 bumboclaat1957 rassclaat1957 shit-headed1959 farkakte1960 shithouse1966 daggy1967 dipshit1968 scuzzy1969 bloodclaat1971 bitch ass1972 wanky1972 streelish1974 twatty1975 twattish1976 dweeby1988 douchey1991 wank1991 cockish1996 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 65 Feare shews pitfle crauens. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. vii. 42 Many such simple & friuolous matters, and more mildly to tearme them, pitifull. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 Feb. (1970) I. 69 A pitiful copy of verses. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 28 It is no more but a pitiful Village. 1738 J. Hildrop Let. Commandm. (ed. 4) 17 Stealing we all know is the most pitiful, scoundrel Act of Injustice. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 240 I see the pitiful advantage he has taken. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix. 71/1 Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it in God's name! 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iv. 130 When you talk such pitiful trash about rewarding me. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement i. 38 He could not pretend to himself now that such pitiful economies as these could stop the rot. 1992 G. Vanderhaeghe Things as they Are? 222 You're one pitiful solitaire player, the man repeated. †B. adv. Pitifully. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adverb] rulyeOE ruefullyc1225 ruthfullyc1225 piteouslyc1300 miserably?a1425 piteousc1425 pitifullyc1450 pietously1474 touchingly?1507 lamentably1585 pitiful1600 pitiedly1661 meltingly1680 pitiably1688 pathetic1724 pathetically1740 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. ii. 28 The God of loue that..knowes me, how pittifull I deserue. View more context for this quotation Compounds † pitiful-hearted adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 120 Pittifull harted Titan that melted at the sweet tale of the sonnes. View more context for this quotation 1741 ‘Jeremy Sharp’ Eng. Rogue 47 He..told me, that I must be sure to rise very early in the Morning, that those who passed by might suppose I had no other Lodging, but what a Bulk or a Gate-way afforded, That very often procuring Relief from pitiful hearted People. 1875 D. M. Mulock Christian's Mistake 26 He saw it all, this good man, this generous, pitiful-hearted man, who knew what sorrow was. † pitiful-minded adj. Obsolete ΚΠ a1645 W. Strode Floating Island (1655) ii. iii As for my Sister, shee's one I'm sure: She colours for it; her willow gowne with nay me forsaken wretch is a Challeng, a meer Challeng to all pittiful-minded Amoroses. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. D3^v Procuring relief from pitiful-minded persons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.c1350
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