Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - pitiful
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Pitiful
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1. Someone or something that is pitiful is so sad, weak, or small that you feel pity for them. It was the most pitiful sight I had ever seen. ADJ • pitifully His legs were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk. ADV 2. If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate. The choice is pitiful and the quality of some of the products is very low... ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • pitifully State help for the mentally handicapped is pitifully inadequate. ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v
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adjective Date: 14th century 1. archaic full of pity ; compassionate 2. a. deserving or arousing pity or commiseration b. exciting pitying contempt (as by meanness or inadequacy) ~ wages • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 causing pity. 2 contemptible. 3 archaic compassionate. Derivatives pitifully adv. pitifulness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сострадательный, полный сострадания; жалостливый to be pitiful to smb. —- жалеть кого-л. 2. жалостный pitiful sight —- грустное (печальное) зрелище pitiful account of smth. —- жалостный рассказ о чем-л. it's pitiful to see him —- он вызывает жалость isn't it pitiful! —- какая жалость! 3. жалкий, ничтожный, презренный, несчастный copy of pitiful verses —- жалкие стишки he talks pitiful trash —- он несет жалкую чепуху ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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move жалкий маневр PITIFUL adj. 1) сострадательный, жалостливый 2) жалостный 3) жалкий, ничтожный, презренный, несчастный; - pitiful move Syn: see pathetic ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 someone or something that is pitiful looks so sad and unfortunate that you feel very sorry for them (The animals were a pitiful sight, in their small cages.) 2 not good enough to deserve respect or serious consideration (You don't expect me to believe that pitiful excuse.) - pitifully adv (pitifully thin) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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