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pitiful meaning in Nepali

दयनीय

/ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/

pitiful in Nepali: दयनीय, करुणाजनक. In English, pitiful means so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.

Nepali words for pitiful

दयनीय, करुणाजनक

English meaning of pitiful

  1. adjective So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
  2. adjective Eliciting contempt.
  3. adjective Of an amount or number: very small.
  4. adjective Feeling pity; merciful.

Full definition of pitiful

pitiful in a sentence

  • Scotland has a pitiful climate.
  • A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.

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Questions about pitiful in Nepali

What is the meaning of pitiful in Nepali?
Pitiful in Nepali is दयनीय, करुणाजनक.
pitiful को नेपाली अर्थ के हो?
Pitiful: दयनीय, करुणाजनक.
What does pitiful mean in English?
Pitiful means so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.

Source and license

Nepali words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “pitiful”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pitiful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Nepali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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