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pitifulness

pitifulness noun: the state or quality of being pitiful.

Noun

pitifulness (usually uncountable, plural pitifulnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being pitiful.
    • He had definitely shed the pitifulness of his childhood.1920, Katharine Newlin Burt, Hidden Creek
    • The Jugurtha of the same author is in an exactly similar way designed partly to expose the pitifulness of the oligarchic government, partly to glorify the Coryphaeus of the democracy, Gaius Marius.1854, Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Book V

pitifulness meaning in Tamil

pitifulness in Tamil

இரக்கம்

Forms of pitifulness

pluralpitifulnesses

Origin of pitifulness

From pitiful + -ness.

Questions about pitifulness

What does pitifulness mean?
Pitifulness means the state or quality of being pitiful.
What is pitifulness in Tamil?
Pitifulness in Tamil is இரக்கம். See Pitifulness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pitifulness?
Pitifulness is a noun.
What is the plural of pitifulness?
The plural of pitifulness is pitifulnesses.

Words near pitifulness in the dictionary

  1. pitiful
  2. pitifull
  3. pitifuller
  4. pitifullest
  5. pitifully
  6. pitifulness
  7. pitifulnesses
  8. Pitiguara
  9. Pitiguaras
  10. pitikins
  11. pitiless

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