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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: pitiful (0.02691 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to pitiful.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: pitiful yg menyedihkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pitiful pitiful adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; “their efforts were pathetic”; “pitiable lack of character”; “pitiful exhibition of cowardice” [syn: pathetic, pitiable] 2: bad; unfortunate; “my finances were in a deplorable state”; “a lamentable decision”; “her clothes were in sad shape”; “a sorry state of affairs” [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry] 3: deserving or inciting pity; “a hapless victim”; “miserable victims of war”; “the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic”- Galsworthy; “piteous appeals for help”; “pitiable homeless children”; “a pitiful fate”; “Oh, you poor thing”; “his poor distorted limbs”; “a wretched life” [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pitiful Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a. 1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. [1913 Webster] The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. --James v. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. [1913 Webster] A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. [1913 Webster] That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible. [1913 Webster] -- Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. -- Pit"i*ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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