Word "PITIFUL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
bad; unfortunate
Synonyms:
deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
Synonyms:
pathetic, pitiable
Examples:
pitiful exhibition of cowardice

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
deserving or inciting pity
Synonyms:
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched
Examples:
a pitiful fate

Crossword Clues for PITIFUL

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Deplorable Thomas Joseph 07 Jun 2025
If lit up, can appear deplorable (7)
"Poor, Poor ___ Me" (1977 Linda Ronstsdt song") (7)
Mine providing fuel regularly? That's terrible The Times Quick Cryptic 04 Mar 2025
I uplift, perhaps, but usually a sad case (7)
Could appear pathetic if lit up (7)
Pathetic The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 13 Dec 2024
Mine with uranium left outside even though deplorable The Times Cryptic 01 Oct 2024
Arousing sympathy (7)
So bad as to demand sympathy (7)
Maybe I lift up the absolutely miserable
Poor or inadequate (7)
Maybe I lift up the absolutely miserable (7)
Maybe lit up if contemptible (7)
Sad it may be, if lit up (7)
Sad wretched
Inadequate The Times Concise 12 Dec 2022
Moving can be miserable Irish Times Crosaire 25 Sep 2021
Pathetic is mine: poem starts to unravel, literarily
Pathetic New York Times 19 Apr 2021
Pathetic
Mine -- one almost complete -- becomes inadequate The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Aug 2020
Pathetic The Sun Two Speed 05 Dec 2019
Mine, one almost complete, becomes inadequate The Sun Two Speed 05 Dec 2019
'Lift?' 'Up for repair around one, sorry' The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jul 2019
One almost complete after mine becomes inadequate The Telegraph Toughie 23 Apr 2019
Sad soul, so lost, with hollow uncertainty ahead
Sad soul, so lost, with hollow uncertainty ahead
I must get in lift up that's broken down -- it's pathetic The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Apr 2018
Pathetic LA Times Daily 22 Oct 2017
Pathetic The Washington Post 22 Oct 2017
Pathetic
I lift up folds in a sad state The Telegraph Toughie 17 Mar 2016
Worse than poor
Worse than poor
Really lame
Quite sad
Sorry
Worse than poor
Deplorable
Arousing ruth
Pathetic.
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