The meaning of PITIFUL is full of pity : compassionate. How to use pitiful in a sentence.

PITIFUL meaning: 1. making people feel sympathy: 2. used to say that you consider something to be very bad or not…. Learn more.

1. evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate. 2. arousing contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts. 3. Archaic. full of pity; compassionate. syn: pitiful, pitiable, piteous apply to that which …

5 days ago · pitiful (comparative pitifuller, superlative pitifullest) So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. synonym Synonyms: see Thesaurus: lamentable Scotland has a …

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pitiful, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

PITIFUL definition: evoking or deserving pity. See examples of pitiful used in a sentence.

evoking or deserving contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts. compassionate. pit′i•ful•ness, n. 1. lamentable, deplorable, woeful, pathetic. 2. Pitiful, pitiable, piteous apply to that …

PITIFUL meaning: 1 : deserving or causing feelings of pity or sympathy; 2 : causing feelings of dislike or disgust by not being enough or not being good enough

Definition of pitiful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Pitiful definition: Inspiring or deserving pity.