pitiful / ˈpɪt ɪ fəl /

⚽高中词汇可怜的人可怜的悲惨的凄惨的

pitiful 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
  2. evoking or deserving contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts.
  3. Archaic. full of pity; compassionate.

pitiful 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

in bad shape; poor

更多pitiful例句

  1. The number of diplomats was pitiful (45 appointees in 1860), as was the amount of money allocated to them.
  2. Here, the time from exposure to illness is not years but days—and the death a rapid and pitiful one.
  3. Even after Maggie and her father expose the affair and take their revenge, they seem more pitiful than triumphant.
  4. This diatribe against the pitiful Washington Redskins summed it all up for their fans.
  5. In losing, however, he will taint his possible rivals—including Rand Paul—as pitiful members of the "surrender caucus."
  6. His pitiful heart deserted him at the very instant when he most needed its support.
  7. He has been at once the author and the audience of the pitiful, unspeakable, long-drawn and far-stretched tragedy of earthly life.
  8. They were about to make a fire and roast some of the flesh for dinner, when a pitiful cry was heard.
  9. Tim looked at his mother and then at Eloise, whose pitiful face appealed to him strongly.
  10. The pitiful, mean, low face and its frame of shock red hair did not appeal to Jessie.