pitiful

pitiful is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
2. adjective. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
3. adjective. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
4. adjective. inspiring mixed contempt and pity

   "their efforts were pathetic"

   "pitiable lack of character"

   Synonyms: pathetic, pitiable

5. adjective. deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy

   "a hapless victim"

   "miserable victims of war"

   Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched

6. adjective. bad; unfortunate

   "my finances were in a deplorable state"

   "a lamentable decision"

   Synonyms: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry

Synonyms

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

Common word forms

pitifully, pitifuller, pitifullest, pitifulness

Words from these letters

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