pitiful
/ˈpɪtɪfʊl/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpɪtɪfʊl/
pitiful
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
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pi - ti - ful -> pitiful
Myanmar meaning
(adj) သနားချင့်စဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။ သနားစရာကောင်းအောင်နုန့်နဲ့သော၊နုံချာသော။
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၁။ သနားချင့်စဖွယ် (ကောင်းသော)။ The horse was a pitiful creature/sight (eg because it was very thin or sick). ❍ Their suffering was pitiful to see.
၂။ (derog ) (သနားစရာကောင်း အောင်) နုန့်နဲ့သော၊ နုံချာသော။ pitiful efforts/excuses/lies. Compare PITEOUS, PITIABLE
❏ pitifully /-fǝli/ adv
၁။ သနားစရာ ကောင်းလောက်အောင်။ The dog was whining pitifully. ❍ Their standard of living remains pitifully low.
၂။ ရယ်စရာကောင်းလောက် အောင်။ (derog ) The fee is pitifully low/inadequate.
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Synonyms
disgraceful, deplorable, contemptible, pathetic, sorry, abject, affecting, afflicted, arousing, base, beggarly, cheap, cheerless, comfortless, commiserative, compassionate, derisible, derisory, despicable, dismal, distressed, distressing, doleful, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, inadequate, insignificant, joyless, lamentable, low, meager, mean, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, piteous, pitiable, poor, sad, scurvy, shabby, small, sorrowful, stirring, suffering, tearful, touching, unfortunate, vile, woeful, worthless, wretched
Antonyms
admirable, cheerful, excellent, fortunate, glad, good, happy, heartening, hopeful, important, joyful, lucky, magnanimous, nice, rich, significant, substantial, superb, superior, wealthy, wonderful, worthwhile
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