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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  PITIFUL, adj.  The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary
  encounter with oneself.
  
  

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a.
     1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind;
        merciful; sympathetic.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
                                                    --James v. 11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
                                                    --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable;
        paltry; contemptible; despicable.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition
              in the fool that uses it.             --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible.
          [1913 Webster] -- Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. --
          Pit"i*ful*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a.
     1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind;
        merciful; sympathetic.
  
              The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
                                                    --James v. 11.
  
     2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
  
              A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable;
        paltry; contemptible; despicable.
  
              That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition
              in the fool that uses it.             --Shak.
  
     Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible. --
          Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. -- Pit"i*ful*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  pitiful
       adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were
              pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful
              exhibition of cowardice" [syn: pathetic, pitiable]
       2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state";
          "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape";
          "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing,
           lamentable, sad, sorry]
       3: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
          victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
          extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals
          for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate";
          "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a
          wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
           pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pitiful
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 που προκαλεί τη συμπόνια των άλλων, αξιοθρήνητος
     2 αξιοθρήνητος, ελάχιστος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pitiful
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
     2 So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it;
  eliciting pity.
     3 Of an amount or number: very small.
     adv.
     (lb en colloquial dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously;
  pathetically.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  pitiful
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
     2 So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it;
  eliciting pity.
     3 Of an amount or number: very small.
     adv.
     (lb en colloquial dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously;
  pathetically.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  pitiful
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
     2 So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it;
  eliciting pity.
     3 Of an amount or number: very small.
     adv.
     (lb en colloquial dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously;
  pathetically.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  pitiful
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
     2 So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it;
  eliciting pity.
     3 Of an amount or number: very small.
     adv.
     (lb en colloquial dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously;
  pathetically.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pitiful
     Englanti a.
     1 säälittävä
     2 hyvin pieni

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pitiful
     Engelska a.
     ömkansvärd, ynklig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  beklaaglik, beklaenswaardig, beklagenswaardig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  تافه

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  pitiful //ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩// 
  1. нищожен
  of an amount or number: very small
  2. жалък, клет
  so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/ 
  žalostný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  soucitný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  beklagenswert, erbarmenswert, erbarmungswürdig, erbärmlich, jämmerlich, bemitleidenswert 
        "a pitiful sight"  - ein erbärmblicher Anblick
        "be in a pitiful state"  - in einem erbärmlichen/jämmerlichen Zustand sein
     Synonyms: deplorable, pitiable, pathetic, woeful
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  erbärmlich, jämmerlich, kläglich, miserabel, beelendend  [Schw.]
        "a pitiful attempt to impress us"  - ein kläglicher Versuch, uns zu beeindrucken
     Synonyms: lamentable, dismal
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  
  αξιολύπητος, οικτρός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  pitiful //ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩// 
  säälittävä 2.
  of an amount or number: very small
   3.
  so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  pitiful /pitifəl/
  malheureux, misérable, pauvre

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/ 
  1. दयनीय
        "The sight of that buffalo is pitiful."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  bezvrijedan, ništavan, sažaljiv

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  1. alávaló
  2. szánakozó
  3. szánalomra méltó
  4. könyörületes
  5. megindító
  6. megvetendô

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  pitiful //ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩// 
  kasihan

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  pitiful //ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩// 
  可憐
  so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  pitiful /pitifəl/
  1. niekingas, sukeliąs pasigailėjimą
     See also: lamentable
  
     See also: deplorable
  
  2. gailestingas, gailiaširdis

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  pitiful /pitifəl/
  beklagenswaardig, erbarmelijk, zielig

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  pitiful /ˈpɪtɪfʊl/ 
    żałosny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  pitiful /pitifəl/
  coitado, lastimável

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  pitiful /pitifəl/
  deplorable

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  pitiful /pˈɪtifəl/
  1. merhamet uyandıran, acınacak halde olan
  2. değersiz, aşağılık. pitifully  merhamet uyandırarak. pitifulness  acınacak hal.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɪtəfəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "pitiful":
     abominable, affecting, arrant, atrocious, awful, base, beastly,
     beggarly, beneath contempt, beneath one, blameworthy, brutal,
     cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, crummy, debasing, degrading,
     demeaning, deplorable, despicable, detestable, dire, disgraceful,
     disgusting, doleful, dreadful, egregious, enormous, fetid, filthy,
     flagrant, foul, fulsome, gaudy, gimcracky, grievous, gross, gutter,
     hateful, heartrending, heinous, horrible, horrid, humiliating,
     humiliative, infamous, infra dig, infra indignitatem,
     insignificant, lamentable, little, loathsome, lousy, mean,
     meretricious, miserable, monstrous, moving, nasty, nefarious,
     noisome, notorious, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opprobrious,
     outrageous, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, rank,
     regrettable, reprehensible, repulsive, rotten, rubbishy, rueful,
     sad, scandalous, schlock, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, scuzzy,
     shabby, shameful, shocking, shoddy, small, sordid, sorry, squalid,
     terrible, too bad, touching, trashy, trifling, trumpery,
     two-for-a-cent, two-for-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny,
     unbecoming, unclean, unimportant, unworthy of one, valueless, vile,
     villainous, woeful, worst, worthless, wretched
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 慈悲的,可怜的,同情的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 慈悲的,可怜的,同情的

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