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Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈpɪtɪfəl/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈpɪdəfl̩/

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Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. (now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
  2. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
  3. Very small (of an amount or number).

Exempel

  • Straightway, he now goes on to make a full confession; whereupon the mariners became more and more appalled, but still are pitiful.
  • Scotland has a pitiful climate.
  • A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.

Böjningsformer

Komparativpitifuller
Superlativpitifullest

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