資料來源 : pyDict

慈悲的,可憐的,同情的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

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}]