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Meanings of pitiful in английском
Deserving or inciting pity.
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Синонимы
Examples for "poor"
Examples for "poor"
1
Mrs. Bishop was in poor health; the general in poor financial circumstances.
2
Low cost, high impact interventions exist, however poor access remains a challenge.
3
Which the poor Century did; many thanks to it, in the circumstances.
4
Inevitably, it provokes envy in the poor and depravity in the rich.
5
Pity the poor earthling caught in the toils of the moral law.
1
It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state.
2
You behold in me the most miserable monarch in all the world.
3
He was miserable; he had no confidence in himself, in his future.
4
The idea-themiserable fancy rather-hasterribly corrupted the preaching of the gospel.
5
They lived in dirty houses situated in miserable parts of the slums.
1
He said the action was an opportunity to clarify a wretched situation.
2
The household affairs are in a wretched condition; everything is in disorder.
3
Parliament voted to hold the wretched 2016 referendum by an overwhelming majority.
4
Veronica is amazed: isn't Zimbabwe supposed to be a wretched, dangerous place?
5
The colonel sat in wretched silence a few moments; then he arose:
1
There was something noble in his words and pathetic in the action.
2
The pathetic career of the Gracchi had much significance in Roman history.
3
It seemed that it was not ludicrous; it was only terribly pathetic.
4
There is something pathetic in this desertion of the ancient, central hearthstone.
5
Betty conjured her up, a charming and pathetic vision; but in vain.
1
A second scream came, piteous, all hope gone, choking sobs followed it.
2
They were assembled in the city and marshalled forth in piteous procession.
3
Suddenly Norma gave a piteous whine; the reptile had bitten her tongue.
4
He had something in his effects in this line that was piteous.
5
The same yearning, the same piteous agitation was in her attitude now.
1
The defence was hapless at times as were a number of players.
2
Back in the day, they used to be extremely hapless and inept.
3
The hapless laborer was now engulfed to his neck in the quicksand.
4
But woe to the hapless team that stalled in the treacherous quicksands.
5
They were the last representatives of the hapless house of the Flavii.
1
They found the poor king in the hut, in a pitiable condition.
2
The poor fellow was in a pitiable state; he was crying bitterly.
3
She was a pitiable object in the strong light of the electrolier.
4
Moreover, the lot of these gain-loving traders was pitiable in the extreme.
5
This pitiable state of mind is the natural result of her education.
1
And dat is who kilt poor misfortunate Miss Ailsie, poor gal!
2
I'm not so damned holy that I can look down on a misfortunate girl.
3
The misfortunate oaf was a sickly, grayish hue.
4
What misfortunate chance has brought you to Coombe?
5
There never was sich a misfortunate nose on anybody's face-a-squokingout dat way in onseasonable hours!
Usage of pitiful in английском
1
For most, the pay is pitiful and the working conditions extremely dangerous.
2
Did you really think this was all about your pitiful secret society?
3
I'm not allowed to work, so we survive on his pitiful salary.
4
The crystal flakes falling in the foul streets was a pitiful sight.
5
In one of her letters she bursts out with the pitiful exclamation:
6
But the most pitiful feature was the appearance of the men themselves.
7
Born of helplessness and confusion, the Conference ended in a pitiful fiasco.
8
Staggering back he crumpled up in a pitiful heap on the floor.
9
The four exchanged looks when this pitiful story was unfolded in gasps.
10
The pitiful faces of the sick and wounded haunted me every hour.
11
He had to stop this pitiful young girl from harming anyone else.
12
The recital was pitiful; but Hugh Roughsedge sat impassive, making no comments.
13
All that happened afterwards, including the pitiful personal tragedy, had become inevitable.
14
Again I heard above the roars of the hogs that pitiful cry.
15
She picked up the flimsy sheet again and re-read the pitiful words.
16
But resolutely she smothered the sparks and bolstered up the pitiful lie.
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Pitiful across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
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Less common