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"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "whakaaroha"
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"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
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"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
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"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
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"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
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"word": "很少"
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"word": "造孽"
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"word": "慘"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "pitoyable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "erbärmlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "kläglich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "jämmerlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "mitleiderregend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "bemitleidenswert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "bedauernswert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "erbarmungswürdig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "Mitleid erregend"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "axiolýpitos",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "αξιολύπητος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "oiktrós",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "οἰκτρός"
},
{
"alt": "かれんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "karen na",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "可憐な"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "miser"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "flēbilis"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "whakaaroha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "hanga aroha"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "baa hojoobáʼí"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "pitchiabl'ye"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "żałosny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "lamentável"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálkij",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "жа́лкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bédnenʹkij",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "бе́дненький"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálostnyj",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "жа́лостный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálostlivyj",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "жа́лостливый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "lastimoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "lastimero"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žálisnyj",
"sense": "so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it",
"word": "жа́лісний"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ništožen",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "нищожен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "miserable"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hěn shǎo",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "很少"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "säälittävä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "kümmerlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "armselig"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálkij",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "жа́лкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ničtóžnyj",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "ничто́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mízernyj",
"sense": "of an amount or number: very small",
"word": "ми́зерный"
}
],
"word": "pitiful"
}
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"ref": "1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill, London: Penguin Books, published 1994, page 194",
"text": "‘She followed ’em, cryin’ pitiful, to the old boat on the Wall[.]’",
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"In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically."
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"ipa": "/ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/"
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"tags": [
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"word": "pitifull"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically",
"word": "mitleidig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically",
"word": "mitleidsvoll"
}
],
"word": "pitiful"
}
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