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(now rare) Feeling pity; merciful. / So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. / Of an amount or number: very small.

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Source Word

pitiful

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/

Adjective

archaic

(now rare) Feeling pity; merciful. / So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. / Of an amount or number: very small.

Japanese Meaning

（現代英語では滅多に使われない）哀れみを感じさせる、または慈悲深い / あまりにも悲惨であって同情せずにはいられないほど哀れである / 量や数が非常に少ない

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She felt pitiful toward the injured sparrow and offered it a small piece of bread.

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彼女は傷ついた雀を気の毒に思い、小さなパンのかけらを差し出した。

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(now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.

Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The whilſt their owne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittiful.

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