pitiful 音标拼音: [p'ɪtəfəl]
a . 慈悲的,可怜的,同情的
慈悲的,可怜的,同情的
pitiful adj 1 :
inspiring mixed contempt and pity ; "
their efforts were pathetic "; "
pitiable lack of character "; "
pitiful exhibition of cowardice " [
synonym : {
pathetic }, {
pitiable },
{
pitiful }]
2 :
bad ;
unfortunate ; "
my finances were in a deplorable state ";
"
a lamentable decision "; "
her clothes were in sad shape "; "
a sorry state of affairs " [
synonym : {
deplorable }, {
distressing },
{
lamentable }, {
pitiful }, {
sad }, {
sorry }]
3 :
deserving or inciting pity ; "
a hapless victim "; "
miserable victims of war "; "
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic "-
Galsworthy ; "
piteous appeals for help "; "
pitiable homeless children "; "
a pitiful fate "; "
Oh ,
you poor thing "; "
his poor distorted limbs "; "
a wretched life " [
synonym : {
hapless }, {
miserable }, {
misfortunate },
{
pathetic }, {
piteous }, {
pitiable }, {
pitiful }, {
poor },
{
wretched }]
Pitiful \
Pit "
i *
ful \,
a .
1 .
Full of pity ;
tender -
hearted ;
compassionate ;
kind ;
merciful ;
sympathetic .
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The Lord is very pitiful ,
and of tender mercy .
--
James v .
11 .
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2 .
Piteous ;
lamentable ;
eliciting compassion .
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A thing ,
indeed ,
very pitiful and horrible .
--
Spenser .
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3 .
To be pitied for littleness or meanness ;
miserable ;
paltry ;
contemptible ;
despicable .
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That '
s villainous ,
and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it . --
Shak .
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Syn :
Despicable ;
mean ;
paltry .
See {
Contemptible }.
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Pit "
i *
ful *
ly },
adv . --
{
Pit "
i *
ful *
ness },
n .
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118 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pitiful ":
abominable ,
affecting ,
arrant ,
atrocious ,
awful ,
base ,
beastly ,
beggarly ,
beneath contempt ,
beneath one ,
blameworthy ,
brutal ,
cheap ,
cheesy ,
common ,
contemptible ,
crummy ,
debasing ,
degrading ,
demeaning ,
deplorable ,
despicable ,
detestable ,
dire ,
disgraceful ,
disgusting ,
doleful ,
dreadful ,
egregious ,
enormous ,
fetid ,
filthy ,
flagrant ,
foul ,
fulsome ,
gaudy ,
gimcracky ,
grievous ,
gross ,
gutter ,
hateful ,
heartrending ,
heinous ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
humiliating ,
humiliative ,
infamous ,
infra dig ,
infra indignitatem ,
insignificant ,
lamentable ,
little ,
loathsome ,
lousy ,
mean ,
meretricious ,
miserable ,
monstrous ,
moving ,
nasty ,
nefarious ,
noisome ,
notorious ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
offensive ,
opprobrious ,
outrageous ,
paltry ,
pathetic ,
piteous ,
pitiable ,
poor ,
rank ,
regrettable ,
reprehensible ,
repulsive ,
rotten ,
rubbishy ,
rueful ,
sad ,
scandalous ,
schlock ,
scrubby ,
scruffy ,
scummy ,
scurvy ,
scuzzy ,
shabby ,
shameful ,
shocking ,
shoddy ,
small ,
sordid ,
sorry ,
squalid ,
terrible ,
too bad ,
touching ,
trashy ,
trifling ,
trumpery ,
two -
for -
a -
cent ,
two -
for -
a -
penny ,
twopenny ,
twopenny -
halfpenny ,
unbecoming ,
unclean ,
unimportant ,
unworthy of one ,
valueless ,
vile ,
villainous ,
woeful ,
worst ,
worthless ,
wretched
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