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pitiful

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English

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Alternative forms

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pitifull(archaic)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishpityful,piteful,piteeful, equivalent topity +‎-ful.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/
Audio(US): (file)

Adjective

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pitiful (comparativepitifuller,superlativepitifullest)

(now rare) Feelingpity;merciful.
- c.1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare],The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold byEdward White &Thomas Millington, […], published1594,→OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
  Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The whilſt their owne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomethingpittiful.
- 1851 November 14,Herman Melville,Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers; London:Richard Bentley,→OCLC:
  Straightway, he now goes on to make a full confession; whereupon the mariners became more and more appalled, but still arepitiful.
Soappalling orsad that one feels or should feelsorry for it;eliciting pity.
Synonyms:seeThesaurus:lamentable
Scotland has apitiful climate.
Of an amount or number: verysmall.
Apitiful number of students bothered to turn up.

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Translations

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so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it

Belarusian:жа́ласны(žálasny)
Bulgarian:жалък (bg)(žalǎk),клет (bg)(klet)
Catalan:lamentable
Chinese:
Sichuanese:造孽 (zh)(zao4 nyie2)
Cantonese:慘 /惨(caam²)
Mandarin:可憐 /可怜 (zh)(kělián)
Dutch:zielig (nl)
Finnish:säälittävä (fi)
French:pitoyable (fr)
German:erbärmlich (de),kläglich (de),jämmerlich (de),mitleiderregend (de),bemitleidenswert (de),bedauernswert (de),erbarmungswürdig,Mitleid erregend
Greek:αξιολύπητος (el)(axiolýpitos)
Ancient:οἰκτρός(oiktrós)
Ingrian:poloin
Japanese:可憐な (ja)(かれんな, karen na)
Latin:miser (la),flēbilis
Maori:whakaaroha,hanga aroha
Navajo:baa hojoobáʼí
Norman:pitchiabl'ye
Norwegian:
Norwegian bokmål:arm (no)
Norwegian nynorsk:arm
Polish:żałosny (pl)
Portuguese:lamentável (pt)
Russian:жа́лкий (ru)(žálkij),бе́дненький (ru)(bédnenʹkij),жа́лостный (ru)(žálostnyj),жа́лостливый (ru)(žálostlivyj)
Spanish:lastimoso (es),lastimero (es),penoso (es),lamentoso (es),penoso (es)
Ukrainian:жа́лісний(žálisnyj)

of an amount or number: very small

Bulgarian:нищожен (bg)(ništožen)
Catalan:miserable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:很少(hěn shǎo)
Finnish:säälittävä (fi)
French:dérisoire (fr)
German:kümmerlich (de),armselig (de)
Russian:жа́лкий (ru)(žálkij),ничто́жный (ru)(ničtóžnyj),ми́зерный (ru)(mízernyj)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch:^{(pleaseverify)}zielig (nl),^{(pleaseverify)}triest (nl) (1),^{(pleaseverify)}deplorabel (nl) (1)
Esperanto:^{(pleaseverify)}kompatinda
Hebrew:^{(pleaseverify)}מעורר רחמים (meʿorer raḥamim),^{(pleaseverify)}עלוב (he)
Indonesian:^{(pleaseverify)}kasihan (id)
Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}pietoso (it)

Adverb

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pitiful (comparativemorepitiful,superlativemostpitiful)

(colloquial, dialect) In a pitiful manner;pitifully;piteously;pathetically.
- 1906,Rudyard Kipling,Puck of Pook's Hill, London: Penguin Books, published1994, page194:
  ‘She followed ’em, cryin’pitiful, to the old boat on the Wall[.]’

Translations

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in a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically

German:mitleidig (de),mitleidsvoll

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