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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pit•i•ful /ˈpɪtɪfəl/USA pronunciation adj. - arousing a feeling of pity;
deserving pity:a pitiful fate. - arousing contempt due to inadequacy or poor quality:pitiful attempts to hide the truth.
pit•i•ful•ly, adv. : He pitched pitifully in that last game. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pit•i•ful (pit′i fəl),USA pronunciation adj. - evoking or deserving pity:a pitiful fate.
- evoking or deserving contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.:pitiful attempts.
- [Archaic.]full of pity;
compassionate.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; see pity, -ful
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lamentable, deplorable, woeful, pathetic.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Pitiful, pitiable, piteous apply to that which excites pity (with compassion or with contempt). That which is pitiful is touching and excites pity or is mean and contemptible:a pitiful leper; a pitiful exhibition of cowardice.Pitiable may mean lamentable, or wretched and paltry:a pitiable hovel.Piteous refers only to that which exhibits suffering and misery, and is therefore heart-rending:piteous poverty.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deplorable, mean, low, base, vile, despicable.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delightful.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged honorable.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pitiful /ˈpɪtɪfʊl/ adj - arousing or deserving pity
- arousing or deserving contempt
- archaic full of pity or compassion
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