Betekenis van:
pitiful
pitiful
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- klagend; veel klagend
- deserving or inciting pity
"a pitiful fate"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
pitiful
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- medelijden opwekkend; meelijwekkend; zielig; zielig
- deserving or inciting pity
"a pitiful fate"
Synoniemen
pitiful
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- droevig; treurig; onaangenaam; miserabel; treurig
- bad; unfortunate
Synoniemen
pitiful
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity
"pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
Synoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- That was pitiful.
- The pitiful sight moved us to tears.
- He's unlucky to a pitiful extent.
- The pitiful tale fetched tears from the girl.
- That's pitiful ... don't put on such a death-bed voice from just a body slam.
- Many fine minds have no use for literature. In pitiful blindness, they say, "It's not real."
- The little girl, deeply moved by the old man's pitiful story, burst into tears.