| 单词 | pitiful |
| 释义 | pitiful —pitifully, adv. —pitifulness, n. /pit"i feuhl/, adj. 1. evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate. 2. evoking or deserving contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts. 3. Archaic. full of pity; compassionate. [1400-50; late ME; see PITY, -FUL] Syn. 1. lamentable, deplorable, woeful, pathetic. 1, 2. 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. deplorable, mean, low, base, vile, despicable. Ant. 1. delightful. 2. honorable. |
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