英语词汇“pitiful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pitiful

/ˈpɪtɪfʊl

/ /ˈpɪtɪf(ə)l/

adjective

1Deserving or arousing pity: two children in a very pitiful state...

It makes us look pitiful and pity is not something that we want, we want respect.
It's pitiful, yet she doesn't want to be pitied, so what do I do?
It implied, moreover, that the strikers were pitiful wretches whose problems should be addressed through social uplift or charity.

Synonyms

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

1.1 archaic Compassionate.

2Very small or poor; inadequate: a pitiful attempt to impress her...

In a pitiful and pathetic attempt to get his party re-elected, he has disgraced your wonderful country.
Along the way, you've got lots of pitiful attempts at push-back spin from administration officials who won't give their name.
In a pitiful attempt to recover from the picture-posting fiasco I shall share some interesting information with you.

Synonyms

paltry, miserable, meagre, beggarly, insufficient, insignificant, trifling, negligible, pitiable, derisory

informal pathetic, measly, piddling, piffling, mingy

British informal poxy

North American informal dinky

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

British informal chronic, pants, a load of pants

Derivatives

pitifulness

/ˈpɪtɪfʊlnəs

/ /ˈpɪtɪf(ə)lnəs

/ noun ...

I felt like shooting some photos early this morning, so I tiptoed into the yard and was really surprised to see how much color, how much nature exists in this pit of pitifulness.
Worse than practicing bad journalism, Isaacson seems intent on achieving what can only be called a tour de force of pitifulness.
But a mob without any man at the head of it, is beneath pitifulness.

单词	pitiful
释义	pitiful /ˈpɪtɪfʊl / /ˈpɪtɪf(ə)l/ adjective 1Deserving or arousing pity: two children in a very pitiful state... It makes us look pitiful and pity is not something that we want, we want respect. It's pitiful, yet she doesn't want to be pitied, so what do I do? It implied, moreover, that the strikers were pitiful wretches whose problems should be addressed through social uplift or charity. Synonyms 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 1.1 archaic Compassionate. 2Very small or poor; inadequate: a pitiful attempt to impress her... In a pitiful and pathetic attempt to get his party re-elected, he has disgraced your wonderful country. Along the way, you've got lots of pitiful attempts at push-back spin from administration officials who won't give their name. In a pitiful attempt to recover from the picture-posting fiasco I shall share some interesting information with you. Synonyms paltry, miserable, meagre, beggarly, insufficient, insignificant, trifling, negligible, pitiable, derisory informal pathetic, measly, piddling, piffling, mingy British informal poxy North American informal dinky 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 British informal chronic, pants, a load of pants Derivatives pitifulness /ˈpɪtɪfʊlnəs / /ˈpɪtɪf(ə)lnəs / noun ... I felt like shooting some photos early this morning, so I tiptoed into the yard and was really surprised to see how much color, how much nature exists in this pit of pitifulness. Worse than practicing bad journalism, Isaacson seems intent on achieving what can only be called a tour de force of pitifulness. But a mob without any man at the head of it, is beneath pitifulness.
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