Synonyms for pitiful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pit-i-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪt ɪ fəl

Top 10 synonyms for pitiful

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Définition of pitiful

Origin : c.1300, "merciful, compassionate" (implied in pitifully), from pity + -ful. Sense of "exciting or deserving pity" is from mid-15c.; that of "mean, wretched, contemptible" is 1580s. Related: Pitifulness.

adj in bad shape; poor

Example sentences :

Is it not most pitiful to see a human being, made in the image of God, sunk so low?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

It would be pitiful to have to make him still more miserable!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

I do not know whether the sight to you would have been pitiful or ludicrous.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Burke broke in on the girl's pitiful histrionics ruthlessly.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It is all true, true to character, and pitiful beyond words.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

It was such a pitiful, ghastly bluff—for the cards were all against him, and he knew it.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

At the idea of suffering, her whole soul melted into a pitiful fraternity.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

I had it now, the whole damnable, pitiful story, every fact clear-cut to the bone.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

She answered, she knew not whom he meant; she never was fond of any pitiful fellow.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding

And it was with a child's look of pitiful dismay and perplexity that he faced the sheriff.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

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