Pitiful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Inspiring or deserving pity.
  • adj. Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy. See Synonyms at pathetic.
  • adj. Archaic Filled with pity or compassion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Feeling pity; merciful.
  • adj. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
  • adj. Very small (of an amount or number).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
  • adj. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
  • adj. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of pity; tender; compassionate; having a feeling of sorrow and sympathy for the distressed.
  • Exciting or fitted to excite pity or compassion; miserable; deplorable; sad: as, a pitiful condition; a pitiful look.
  • To be pitied for its littleness or meanness; paltry; insignificant; contemptible; despicable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. bad; unfortunate
  • adj. deserving or inciting pity
  • adj. inspiring mixed contempt and pity
  • Equivalent
    bad    unfortunate    contemptible   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    despicable    paltry    mean    contemptible    tender-hearted    compassionate    kind    merciful    sympathetic    piteous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pathetic    sad    miserable    piteous    ridiculous    feeble    ludicrous    ghastly    shameful