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21 copy of pitiful verses
Общая лексика: жалкие стишкиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > copy of pitiful verses
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22 he talks pitiful trash
Общая лексика: он несёт жалкую чепухуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he talks pitiful trash
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23 isn't it pitiful!
Общая лексика: какая жалость! -
24 it's pitiful to see him
Общая лексика: он вызывает жалостьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > it's pitiful to see him
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25 make a pitiful face
Общая лексика: скорчить постную физиономию -
26 pull a pitiful face
Макаров: скорчить постную физиономию -
27 to be pitiful to (smb.)
Общая лексика: жалеть (кого-л.)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > to be pitiful to (smb.)
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28 to be pitiful to
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29 Chief pitiful officer
ВМС главный старшина (шутливая замена одного из компонентов термина * Chief Petty Officer)Conversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary > Chief pitiful officer
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30 жалкое зрелище
pitiful/sorry sightБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > жалкое зрелище
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31 жалкий
прил. pitiable, pitiful (вызывающий жалость) ;
miserable, wretched, poor ( вызывающий презрение) иметь жалкий вид ≈ to be a sorry sight влачить жалкое существование ≈ to drag out a miserable existence жалкая одежда ≈ wretched/shabby clothes жалкие гроши ≈ trifling sum ед.;
pittance ед. (о вознаграждении) жалкий трус ≈ miserable/abject coward;
craven жалкое зрелище ≈ pitiful/sorry sightжалк|ий -
1. (вызывающий жалость) pitiful, pitiable;
(страдальческий) pathetic;
~oe зрелище sorry/pitiful sight;
её лицо вдруг стало старым и ~им she suddenly looked old and pathetic;
2. (невзрачный, бедный) wretched, miserable;
(ничтожно малый тж.) paltry ;
~ вид wretched appearance;
иметь ~ вид look wretched, cut* a poor figure;
~ие остатки pitiful remains/remnants;
~ая сумма paltry sum;
3. (презренный, мелкий) miserable;
~ая попытка pitiful attempt;
играть ~ую роль play а sorry part;
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32 плачевный
прил. deplorable, pitiable, lamentable, plaintive, sorry;
sad, mournful иметь плачевный вид ≈ to cut a poor figure, to be a sorry sight иметь плачевный исход ≈ to result in failure в плачевном состоянии ≈ in a sad state, in a sorry plightплачевн|ый -
1. (скорбный) lamenting, wailing;
2. (бедственный) deplorable, lamentable;
(ничтожный) pitiful;
~ое состояние deplorable condition/state;
результаты были ~ые the results were lamentable/pitiful.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > плачевный
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33 compassionate
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34 pathetic
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35 abject
жалкий имя прилагательное: -
36 paltry
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37 measly
жалкий имя прилагательное: -
38 worship the golden calf
...but to worship the golden calf for eighteen shillings a week! Oh pitiful, pitiful! (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. X) —...но поклоняться золотому тельцу за восемнадцать шиллингов в неделю! Печально, весьма печально!
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39 piteous
1. a жалкий, достойный сожаления2. a жалобный3. a арх. жалостливый; сострадательный4. a жалобно, жалостноСинонимический ряд:1. pitiful (adj.) affecting; commiserable; deplorable; distressing; doleful; lamentable; morose; pathetic; pitiful; poignant; poor; rueful; ruined; touching2. unlucky (adj.) doomed; hapless; luckless; miserable; pitiable; star-crossed; unluckyАнтонимический ряд: -
40 pitiable
1. a жалкий; несчастный2. a ничтожный, жалкийСинонимический ряд:1. contemptible (adj.) beggarly; cheap; contemptible; despicable; despisable; mean; scummy; scurvy; shabby; sorry2. deplorable (adj.) deplorable; depressing; distressing; joyless; melancholic; mournful; saddening3. desolate (adj.) comfortless; desolate; destitute; disconsolate; dreary; forlorn; helpless; miserable; tragic4. pitiful (adj.) commiserable; pathetic; piteous; pitiful; poor; rueful
См. также в других словарях:
pitiful — pitiful, piteous, pitiable are comparable but not always interchangeable when they mean arousing or deserving pity or compassion. Pitiful applies especially to what actually excites pity or, sometimes, commiseration because it is felt to be… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Pitiful — Pit i*ful, a. 1. Full of pity; tender hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. [1913 Webster] The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James v. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. [1913 Webster] A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pitiful — [pit′i fəl] adj. 1. arousing or deserving pity 2. deserving contempt; despicable 3. Archaic full of pity or compassion pitifully adv. pitifulness n. SYN. PITIFUL applies to that which arouses or deserves pity because it is sad, pathetic, etc.… … English World dictionary
pitiful — index deplorable, lamentable, paltry, poor (inferior in quality) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pitiful — c.1300, compassionate (implied in pitifully), from PITY (Cf. pity) + FUL (Cf. ful). Sense of exciting or deserving pity is from mid 15c.; that of mean, wretched, contemptible is 1580s … Etymology dictionary
pitiful — [adj] in bad shape; poor abject, affecting, afflicted, arousing, base, beggarly, cheap, cheerless, comfortless, commiserative, compassionate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, dismal, distressed, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking,… … New thesaurus
pitiful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) deserving or arousing pity. 2) very small or poor; inadequate. DERIVATIVES pitifully adverb pitifulness noun … English terms dictionary
pitiful — [[t]pɪ̱tɪfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is pitiful is so sad, weak, or small that you feel pity for them. He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted... It was the most pitiful sight I had ever seen. Derived words:… … English dictionary
pitiful — pit|i|ful [ pıtıfl ] adjective 1. ) looking or sounding so unhappy that you feel sympathy and sadness: The scrawny little kitten looked so pitiful out in the rain. The refugee camp was a pitiful sight. 2. ) extremely bad: a pitiful performance a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pitiful — UK [ˈpɪtɪf(ə)l] / US adjective 1) looking or sounding so unhappy that you feel sympathy and sadness The scrawny little kitten looked so pitiful out in the rain. The refugee camp was a pitiful sight. 2) extremely bad a pitiful performance a… … English dictionary
pitiful — piteous, pitiable, pitiful All three words are recorded from Middle English and share the basic meaning ‘arousing pity’ and are to some extent interchangeable (as in The abandoned children were a piteous sight), although pitiful is the most… … Modern English usage