English-Thai Dictionary

pitiful

ADJ น่าดู ถูก  น่า ทุเรศ  na-du-tuk

 

pitiful

ADJ น่าสงสาร  น่าเวทนา  น่าอนาถ  miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous na-song-san

 

pitifully

ADV อย่าง น่าดู ถูก  yang-na-du-tuk

 

pitifully

ADV อย่าง น่าเวทนา  yang-na-wed-ta-na

 

pitifulness

N ความปรานี  ความสงสาร  kwam-pa-ne

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PITIFUL

a.[See Pity. ] Full of pity; tender; compassionate; having a heart to feel sorrow and sympathy for the distressed. James 5:11; 1 Peter 3:8. [This is the proper sense of the word. ] 1. Miserable; moving compassion; as a sight most pitiful; a pitiful condition.
2. To be pitied for its littleness or meanness; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
3. Very small; insignificant.

 

PITIFULLY

adv. With pity; compassionately. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.
1. In a manner to excite pity.
They would sign and groan as pitifully as other men.
2. Contemptibly; with meanness.

 

PITIFULNESS

n.Tenderness of heart that disposes to pity; mercy; compassion. 1. Contemptibleness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PITIFUL

PITIFUL Pit "i *ful, a.

 

1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James v. 11.

 

2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. Spenser.

 

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. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible. -- Pit "i *ful *ly, adv. -- Pit "i *ful *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pitiful

pit i ful |ˈpitifəl ˈpɪdifəl | ▶adjective deserving or arousing pity. • very small or poor; inadequate. • archaic compassionate. DERIVATIVES pit i ful ly adverb, pit i ful ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

pitiful

piti |ful |ˈpɪtɪfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 deserving or arousing pity: two children in a very pitiful state. • archaic compassionate. 2 very small or poor; inadequate: a pitiful attempt to impress her. DERIVATIVES pitifully adverb, pitifulness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pitiful

pitiful adjective 1 a child in a pitiful state: distressing, sad, piteous, pitiable, pathetic, heart-rending, heartbreaking, moving, touching, tearjerking; plaintive, poignant, forlorn; poor, sorry, wretched, abject, miserable. 2 a pitiful $500 a month: paltry, miserable, meager, insufficient, trifling, negligible, pitiable, derisory; informal pathetic, measly, piddling, mingy. 3 his performance was pitiful: woeful, deplorable, awful, terrible, lamentable, hopeless, poor, bad, feeble, pitiable, dreadful, inadequate, below par, laughable; informal pathetic, useless, appalling, lousy, abysmal, dire.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pitiful

pitiful adjective 1 two children in a very pitiful state: distressing, sad, piteous, to be pitied, pitiable, pathetic, disturbing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, saddening, moving, affecting, touching, tear-jerking, plaintive, poignant, forlorn, poor, sorry, wretched, abject, miserable, tragic, woeful, lamentable, grievous; rare distressful. 2 they earn a pitiful $50 a month: paltry, miserable, meagre, beggarly, insufficient, insignificant, trifling, negligible, pitiable, derisory; informal pathetic, measly, piddling, piffling, mingy; Brit. informal poxy; N. Amer. informal dinky. 3 his performance was pitiful: dreadful, awful, terrible, lamentable, hopeless, wretched, sorry, poor, bad, feeble, well below par, pitiable, woeful, inadequate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, laughable, worthless; informal pathetic, useless, rotten, appalling, lousy, abysmal, dire, the pits; Brit. informal chronic, pants, a load of pants.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pitiful

pit i ful /pɪ́tɪf (ə )l /形容詞 1 哀れみをさそう, 痛ましい ▸ a pitiful sight 哀れな光景 .2 卑しむべき ; 話にならない ; お粗末な ▸ a pitiful ambition あさましい野心 .3 ｟古 ｠情け [哀れみ ]深い, 同情的な .～ly 副詞 哀れにも .～ness 名詞 U 哀れさ .