pitiful
adjective /ˈpɪt.i.fəl/
/ˈpɪt̬-/ Definition
› making people feel sympathy: The refugees arriving at the camp had pitiful stories to tell.Sympathy and compassion C2 describes something that you consider is bad or not satisfactory or not enough: a pitiful state of affairs The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful.Useless and futile pitifully /-i/ adverb pitifulness /-nəs/ noun [U] Sympathy and compassion
(Definition of pitiful adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift adjective
- aimless adjective
- airy-fairy adjective
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid adjective
- fool's errand noun
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous adjective
- fruitless adjective
- negate verb
- no-good adjective
- nugatory adjective
- ornamental adjective
- otiose adjective
- until you are blue in the face idiom
- unwieldy adjective (NOT EFFECTIVE)
- useless adjective
- vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL)
- vainly adverb
Topic:
Useless and futile
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