pitiful

«pitiful» in Mova's school dictionary: making you feel sorry for someone — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (pitiful, pitifully)

meaning for a pupil

1) Pitiful means making you feel sorry for someone. tree →

2) Pitiful can also mean very poor or useless: a pitiful effort. tree →

sense in the lessons

describes a sad sight, a sad tale, or a poor, miserable person

examples

• Pinocchio told his pitiful tale. tree →
• The lost kitten gave a pitiful mew. tree →
• His effort was pitiful; he scored only one goal. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pitiful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.