pitiful

[Pit·i*ful]

Pitiful means pathetic. If you don't even study for your test, you're making a pretty pitiful effort to do well.

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Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

Adjective S.
inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

Adjective S.
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 d

Adjective S.
bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"


a.
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

a.
Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.

a.
To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.


Pitiful

Pit"i*ful , a. 1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Syn. -- Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible. -- Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. -- Pit"i*ful*ness, n.

Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

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Usage Examples

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night's arms.

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