(verb) Those in richer countries pity the people who live in poverty because of their governments.
(noun) Some observers expressed pity for the condemned criminal.
(Mr. T) "I pity the fool who thinks he can scratch up my car!"
Pitiful means ful of shame so an example of a sentence would be: she was pitiful of what she did.
The defence of the home side this weekend was pitiful
He thought it was just pitiful that the kid couldn't seem to get up on time for school.
Laughable = Pathetic, Pitiful, Absurd, Preposterous, Ludicrous, Mediocre, Rdiculous
For all our good work down the left we looked pitiful down the right.
I was pitied greatly because my house caught on fire.
The comparative degree form of "pitiful" is "more pitiful."
The pitiful king spared the prisoner's life in hope that he will repent his crimes.
The root word for pitiful is "pity," which comes from the Old French word "pité" meaning compassion or mercy.
pitiful thing = pobrecito
full is the suffix for pitiful.
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