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The Meaning of pitiful

  • (a.) Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
  • (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
  • (a.) To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.

Synonyms

pathetic , pitiable , deplorable , distressing , lamentable , sad , sorry , hapless , miserable , misfortunate , pathetic , piteous , pitiable , poor , wretched

Rhymes

megasporophyll , plentiful(3) , plentiful , basophil , cladophyll , duffel , muffle , eosinophil , truffle , chromophil , unmuffle , epiphyll , achitophel , xanthophyll , kuffel , pitiful , sclerophyll , cataphyll , apocryphal , caliphal , unruffle , chromatophil , erythrophyll , scuffle , microsporophyll , ruffle , beautiful , acidophil , sporophyll , achromatophil , israfil , shuffle , duffell , heterophil , kerfuffle , mesocephal , snuffle , ahithophel , reshuffle