pitiful
adjective · adverbB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjectiveComparative
pitifullerpitifullest
Superlative
pitifull
- 1.
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
Scotland has a pitiful climate.
Đồng nghĩa: piteous, pitisome, ruthful
- 2.
Eliciting contempt.
- 3.
Of an amount or number: very small.
A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.
Đồng nghĩa: few, meager, paltry, scant, scanty, thin
- 4.
(archaic)Feeling pity; merciful.
Đồng nghĩa: commiserative, clement, lenient, merciable, mercied, merciful, pitiful, relentful, ruthful, safe, commiserative, pitiful, pitying
Trạng từ
adverbComparative
more pitifulmost pitiful
Superlative
pitifull
- 1.
(colloquial, dialectal)(colloquial, dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
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From Middle English pityful, piteful, piteeful. en pity ful.