pitiful
/ˈpɪtɪfl/adjective
उच्चारण पिटिफ़ल
दयनीय, करुणाजनक, दया जगाने वाला
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deserving or causing pity; making you feel sad
दयनीय, करुणाजनक, दया जगाने वाला
- The flood victims were in a pitiful state, with nothing but the clothes they wore.
- the pitiful cries of the trapped puppy
- The stray dog looked thin and pitiful in the rain.
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- It was pitiful to see old people waiting in the heat for hours.
- The child's pitiful cry made everyone stop.
Synonyms pathetic piteous heart-rending wretched sad
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not deserving respect; very small or poor
घटिया, नगण्य, शर्मनाक रूप से कम
- a pitiful salary of two thousand rupees a month
- a pitiful attempt at an apology
- The team made a pitiful total of twenty runs.
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- Her effort was pitiful, and she knew she had not prepared at all.
- The farmers received a pitiful sum for their wheat.
Synonyms contemptible paltry feeble inadequate
Opposite admirable generous impressive
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a pitiful + noun (attributive)
Placed before a noun, 'pitiful' describes something that makes the observer feel pity, such as a sight, a cry or a condition.
संज्ञा से पहले आने पर 'pitiful' ऐसी चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जिसे देखकर दया आए, जैसे दृश्य, चीख या हालत।
- The flood victims were a pitiful sight.
- We heard the pitiful cry of a puppy stuck in the drain.
be + pitiful (predicative)
After 'be', 'look' or 'seem' it says that a person or thing is in a sad state, or is so poor that it deserves no respect.
'Be', 'look' या 'seem' के बाद यह बताता है कि कोई व्यक्ति दयनीय स्थिति में है या इतना कमज़ोर है कि सम्मान के योग्य नहीं।
- The old man looked pitiful in his torn coat.
- Our team's batting in the second innings was pitiful.
pitiful attempt / effort / excuse (contempt)
With words like attempt, effort, salary or excuse it expresses scorn: something far too small or weak to be taken seriously.
Attempt, effort, salary या excuse जैसे शब्दों के साथ यह तिरस्कार प्रकट करता है: कोई चीज़ इतनी कम या कमज़ोर है कि गंभीरता से नहीं ली जा सकती।
- His pitiful excuse for missing the interview convinced nobody.
- A pitiful wage of two hundred rupees a day cannot feed a family.
pitifully + adjective
The adverb 'pitifully' strengthens an adjective that is already negative, such as small, thin or weak.
Adverb 'pitifully' पहले से नकारात्मक adjective, जैसे small, thin या weak, को और तीव्र करता है।
- The stray kitten was pitifully thin.
- The relief given to the farmers was pitifully small.
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pitiful + noun
sightcrystateconditionattemptexcuse
- The hostel kitchen was in a pitiful condition after the rains.
adverb + pitiful
trulyutterlyquitereallyabsolutely
- The government's response to the drought was utterly pitiful.
look / sound / seem + pitiful
looksoundseemfeelappear
- The child sounded pitiful on the phone because of his fever.
pitiful + amount / sum
pensionsalarysumwageoffer
- The contractor made a pitiful offer to the labourers.
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- The refugees stood in the rain in a pitiful line outside the camp.
शरणार्थी शिविर के बाहर बारिश में दयनीय कतार बनाकर खड़े थे।
- Radhika's pitiful handwriting made her answers hard to read.
राधिका की बेहद खराब लिखावट के कारण उसके उत्तर पढ़ना कठिन था।
- It was pitiful to see the lion in such a small cage.
शेर को इतने छोटे पिंजरे में देखना दयनीय था।
- The company's pitiful profit this year disappointed the shareholders.
कंपनी के इस वर्ष के नगण्य लाभ ने शेयरधारकों को निराश किया।
- Her pitiful pleading did not move the shopkeeper at all.
उसकी दयनीय गुहार ने दुकानदार को बिल्कुल नहीं पिघलाया।
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✗ I felt very pitiful for the beggar.
✓ I felt very sorry for the beggar.
'Pitiful' describes the thing that causes pity; the person who feels pity feels sorry (or feels pity) for someone.
'Pitiful' उस व्यक्ति या वस्तु के लिए आता है जो दया जगाती है; दया महसूस करने वाला व्यक्ति 'feels sorry' या 'feels pity' कहता है।
✗ He took pitiful on the injured dog.
✓ He took pity on the injured dog.
The phrase is 'take pity on'; 'pitiful' is an adjective and cannot replace the noun 'pity'.
सही phrase 'take pity on' है; 'pitiful' adjective है और noun 'pity' की जगह नहीं आ सकता।
✗ I pitied for the poor boy.
✓ I pitied the poor boy.
'Pity' as a verb is transitive and takes no preposition.
क्रिया 'pity' सकर्मक है और इसके साथ preposition नहीं आता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives all describe something that arouses pity, but they differ in tone and in how much contempt they carry.
ये सभी adjectives दया जगाने वाली चीज़ का वर्णन करते हैं, पर tone और तिरस्कार की मात्रा में भिन्न हैं।
Causes pity, or is so poor that it is scorned; the most common word.
दया जगाता है, या इतना कमज़ोर है कि तिरस्कार योग्य है; सबसे आम शब्द।
- The team made a pitiful score.
Also causes pity, but in everyday speech it more often means useless or feeble.
यह भी दया जगाता है, पर बोलचाल में प्रायः 'बेकार' या 'कमज़ोर' का अर्थ देता है।
- That was a pathetic attempt to bowl a yorker.
Describes a person who feels very unhappy, or conditions that are wretched.
बहुत दुखी व्यक्ति या बदहाल परिस्थितियों का वर्णन करता है।
- The miserable tenants had no heating all winter.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
pit·i·ful
Y of pity changing to i, one l at the end (not 'pityful').
pity का y बदलकर i, अंत में एक l ('pityful' गलत है)।
?Which word?
pitiful, pitiable, piteous and pitiless
Pitiful and pitiable both mean deserving pity, and pitiful also means contemptibly poor. Piteous describes something that expresses suffering: 'a piteous cry'. Pitiless means showing no pity, cruel: 'a pitiless sun'. Pity is the noun and the verb.
Pitiful और pitiable दोनों का अर्थ 'दया के योग्य' है, और pitiful का अर्थ 'शर्मनाक रूप से घटिया' भी है। Piteous उस चीज़ के लिए है जो पीड़ा व्यक्त करे: 'a piteous cry'। Pitiless का अर्थ 'दयाहीन, क्रूर' है: 'a pitiless sun'। Pity noun और verb दोनों है।
The pitiful/pitiable/piteous/pitiless set is a regular sentence-improvement item.
Sentence improvement में pitiful, pitiable, piteous और pitiless का सेट अक्सर पूछा जाता है।
Keep apart pitiful (deserving pity) and pitiless (without pity): opposites, not synonyms.
Pitiful (दया के योग्य) और pitiless (दयाहीन) को अलग रखिए: ये विपरीत हैं, पर्याय नहीं।