Definizione monolingua

pitiful

pitiful (comparative pitifuller, superlative pitifullest)

1. (now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     Straightway, he now goes on to make a full confession; whereupon the mariners became more and more appalled, but still are pitiful.

2. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.

   Scotland has a pitiful climate.

3. Very small (of an amount or number).

   A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.

Definizione dizionario pitiful

	pietoso
	Che nasconde o rende meno evidenti i difetti, gli errori, e l'inadeguatezza per risparmiare sofferenze a qcn.

infelice

povero

compassionevole

lamentevole

meschino

miserabile

misericordioso

misero

Altri significati:

So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.

appalling

(now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.

Very small (of an amount).

(a) pity

very small (of an amount)