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pitiful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry |
Examples of pitiful
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When the waiter arrived, he gave me a sad, pitiful look as he handed me my menu.
From the post-gazette.com
The pitiful sight of Africans bobbing in the Mediterranean may grow less common.
From the economist.com
These pitiful people are locked into the ugly realm of prejudice until they die.
From the kansas.com
Anselmus comes forward and scolds Votarius for his pitiful attempt at seduction.
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Markets have risen of late, though volumes have been pitiful, almost foreboding.
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When things get that pitiful, it's hard to imagine they can ever get any better.
From the forbes.com
My instant unguarded reaction, in fact, was to find it not just weak but pitiful.
From the theatlantic.com
The last time I saw the band, at the Reading festival in 1996, they were pitiful.
From the guardian.co.uk
That results of that strategy came to fruition this year with a pitiful season.
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- Pathetic: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
- Deplorable: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
- Hapless: 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"
- (pitifully) to a pitiful degree; "wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women"
- "Pitiful" is the fourth single released from Sick Puppies' 2007 album Dressed Up as Life.
- Feeling pity; merciful; So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity; Very small (of an amount)
- (a): merciful. FS (11+); Gascoigne Jocasta, Supposes; Edwards Dam&Pith; Lyly Midas, Love's Met; (anon.) Ironside, Cromwell; Harvey 4 Letters; Drayton et al Oldcastle.
