PITIFUL


Meaning of PITIFUL in English

adjective

1.

arousing or deserving pity

pitiful refugees driven from their homes

Synonyms: commiserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, rueful

Related Word: affecting, moving, touching; miserable, woeful, wretched; heartrending

2.

Synonyms: contemptible , beggarly, cheap, despicable, despisable, pitiable, scummy, scurvy, shabby, sorry

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