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Word entry · 7 letters

pitiful

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"Deserving sympathy"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/Part of speech adjectiveSorted fiilptuStarts with PEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (PITIFUL).

Definitions

  1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity

Word origin

From Middle English pityful, piteful, piteeful. By surface analysis, pit(i) + -ful.

Used in a sentence

  • Scotland has a pitiful climate.
  • A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.
  • Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The vvhilſt their ovvne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittifull.

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