pitiful
adjective
evoking or deserving pity.
pitifulness
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a word derived from
pitiful.
Example Sentences
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In fact, the sheer pitifulness of Doris’s self-deception would be downright insulting were it not for Field’s delicate performance, in which she subtly transforms from a slump-shouldered mouseburger to something more radiant and at ease.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2016
Lee brought to his monsters a sense of pitifulness that he called "the loneliness of evil."
From Reuters ● Jun. 11, 2015
Yet a man of remarkable courtesy and pitifulness towards women was not thereby moved from his purpose.
From Marriage à la mode by Mrs. Humphry Ward
She knew just the pitifulness that was in his expression, but she could not raise her eyes to his.
From A Love Story Reversed 1898 by Edward Bellamy
Oh, but what pitifulness was there in Aunt Joyce’s smile!
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
