pitiful
معنی فارسی
رقت انگيز اسف اور پست سزاوار نکوهش بدتراز گناه رخيم
معنی کامل و مثالها
/pit´i fǝl/adj.
● قابل ترحم، سزاوار دلسوزی، اسف بار، ترحم انگیز، رقت بار، رقت انگیز، جگر سوز
the pitiful condition of the refugees
وضع رقت بار پناهندگان
● قابل تحقیر، مفلوک، خوار، زبون، حقیر، هاژ، ناچیز
her pitiful wages
مزد ناچیز او
● (قدیمی) با مروت، رحیم، دلسوز، مهربان
(J. Keats) be pitiful to my great woe
بر اندوه عظیم من ترحم کن.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From 'pity' + '-ful' (suffix forming adjectives).
مثال
- The pitiful sight of the starving child broke her heart.
- He made a pitiful attempt to fix the broken vase.
- The pitiful state of the abandoned building saddened everyone.
ترکیبهای رایج
Pitiful sight Pitiful attempt Pitiful state
تعریف انگلیسی
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity “their efforts were pathetic” “pitiable lack of character” “pitiful exhibition of cowardice”
- 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”
- bad; unfortunate “my finances were in a deplorable state” “a lamentable decision” “her clothes were in sad shape” “a sorry state of affairs”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Compassionate, tender, tenderhearted, sympathetic, kind, merciful, lenient, mild.
2. Miserable, pitiable, wretched, deplorable, lamentable.
3. Mean, base, vile, low, paltry, sorry, abject, rascally, contemptible, despicable, insignificant, worthless.