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

Useless and futile (Definition of pitiful from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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 …

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

5 days ago · Adjective pitiful (comparative pitifuller, superlative pitifullest) So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.

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

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pit‧i‧ful /ˈpɪtɪfəl/ adjective 1 someone who is pitiful looks or sounds so sad and unfortunate that you feel very sorry for them → pity The refugees were a …

Pitiful definition: Inspiring or deserving pity.

If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate.

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 …