Definition & Meaning of "pitiful"in English

pitiful

bad; unfortunate

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

Superlative

most pitiful

Comparative

more pitiful

gradable

domain

emotion, evaluation, situation

deserving of sympathy or disappointment due to being in a poor and unsatisfactory condition

deplorable

sad

sorry

wretched

Examples

The stray dog's pitiful condition broke my heart.

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