OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 24684

pitiful

/ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
achará • lamentoso • lastimero • lastimoso • mísero • penoso
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
Scotland has a pitiful climate.
mísero
Of an amount or number: very small.
A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.