Antonyms for pitiful
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : pit-i-fuhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪt ɪ fəl |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for pitiful
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- arousing
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
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