The stray dog looked pitiful in the rain.
这只流浪狗在雨中看起来很可怜。
Choose the best synonym for the word “pitiful”:
A — pathetic. “pitiful” means adj. deserving or causing feelings of pity
The lost, shivering kitten made a ______ sight in the cold gray rain.
C — pitiful. “pitiful” means adj. deserving or causing feelings of pity
pitiful — adj. deserving or causing feelings of pity. In Chinese: 可怜的.
pitiful is pronounced /ˈpɪtɪfəl/. It breaks into 3 syllables: pit · i · ful.
The stray dog looked pitiful in the rain. (这只流浪狗在雨中看起来很可怜。)
pathetic, sad, wretched — all close in meaning to pitiful (adj. deserving or causing feelings of pity).
Yes. pitiful appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers 2445 words for the ISEE and SSAT.