pitiful
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ɪRelated forms
pit·i·ful·ly, adverb
pit·i·ful·ness, noun
self-pit·i·ful, adjective
self-pit·i·ful·ly, adverb
self-pit·i·ful·ness, noun
Synonyms
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.
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.
Antonyms
1. delightful. 2. honorable.
1. delightful. 2. honorable.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | arousing or deserving pity |
| 2. | arousing or deserving contempt |
| 3. | archaic full of pity or compassion |
| 'pitifully | |
| —adv | |
| 'pitifulness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Humans have, over the years, been pitiful at predicting the scale of things to come.
But the testing program the agency plans to use is only a pitiful skeleton of what it needs to be.
Here the three odd humans carry on with their pitiful hopes, their petty irritations.
But there are three portable exercising aids that render the usual excuses pitiful.
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