Pitiful vs. Sad
Difference Between Pitiful and Sad
Pitiful➦
Inspiring or deserving pity.
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Sad➦
feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy
they looked at her with sad, anxious faces
I was sad and subdued
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Pitiful➦
Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.
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Sad➦
pathetically inadequate or unfashionable
the show is tongue-in-cheek—anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad
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Pitiful➦
(Archaic) Filled with pity or compassion.
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Sad➦
(of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.
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Pitiful➦
Feeling pity; merciful.
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Sad➦
Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness
a sad face.
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Pitiful➦
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
Scotland has a pitiful climate.
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Sad➦
Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing
a sad movie.
sad news.
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Pitiful➦
Of an amount or number: very small.
A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.
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Sad➦
Deplorable or inadequate; sorry
a sad state of affairs.
a sad excuse.
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Pitiful➦
In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
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Sad➦
Dark-hued; somber.
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Pitiful➦
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
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Sad➦
(heading) Emotionally negative.
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Pitiful➦
Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
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Sad➦
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
She gets sad when he's away.
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Pitiful➦
To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
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Sad➦
Appearing sorrowful.
The puppy had a sad little face.
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Pitiful➦
inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
their efforts were pathetic
pitiable lack of character
pitiful exhibition of cowardice
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Sad➦
Causing sorrow; lamentable.
It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
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Pitiful➦
bad; unfortunate;
my finances were in a deplorable state
a lamentable decision
her clothes were in sad shape
a sorry state of affairs
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Sad➦
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
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Pitiful➦
deserving or inciting pity;
a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
piteous appeals for help
pitiable homeless children
a pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life
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Sad➦
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
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Sad➦
(obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
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Sad➦
(obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
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Sad➦
(obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
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Sad➦
(obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
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Sad➦
(slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
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Sad➦
(dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
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Sad➦
(obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
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Sad➦
To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
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Sad➦
Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,For unto them it is a bitter sweet.
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Sad➦
Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
His hand, more sad than lump of lead.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.
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Sad➦
Dull; grave; dark; somber; - said of colors.
Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.
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Sad➦
Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman.
Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties.
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Sad➦
Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
First were we sad, fearing you would not come;Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.
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Sad➦
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
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Sad➦
Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
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Sad➦
To make sorrowful; to sadden.
How it sadded the minister's spirits!
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Sad➦
Seasonal affective disorder.
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Sad➦
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness;
feeling sad because his dog had died
Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad
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Sad➦
of things that make you feel sad;
sad news
she doesn't like sad movies
it was a very sad story
When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me
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Sad➦
bad; unfortunate;
my finances were in a deplorable state
a lamentable decision
her clothes were in sad shape
a sorry state of affairs
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