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pitiful

How many syllables in pitiful?

  3 syllables

Divide pitiful into syllables:   pit-i-ful
Stressed syllable in pitiful:   pit-i-ful
How to pronounce pitiful:   pit-i-full
How to say pitiful:

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Synonyms for pitiful


1 syllable
  • poor
  • small
  • sad
2 syllables
  • forlorn
  • moving
  • sorry
  • meager
  • paltry
  • touching
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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