According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
pathetic, pitiable, pitiful
(adjective) inspiring mixed contempt and pity; “their efforts were pathetic”; “pitiable lack of character”; “pitiful exhibition of cowardice”
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
(adjective) deserving or inciting pity; “a hapless victim”; “miserable victims of war”; “the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic”- Galsworthy; “piteous appeals for help”; “pitiable homeless children”; “a pitiful fate”; “Oh, you poor thing”; “his poor distorted limbs”; “a wretched life”
deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
(adjective) bad; unfortunate; “my finances were in a deplorable state”; “a lamentable decision”; “her clothes were in sad shape”; “a sorry state of affairs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pitiful (comparative pitifuller, )
(now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
Synonym: Thesaurus:lamentable
Of an amount or number: very small.
pitiful (comparative more pitiful, superlative most pitiful)
(colloquial, dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
Source: Wiktionary
Pit"i*ful, a.
1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James v. 11.
2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. Spenser.
3. 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. Shak.
Syn.
– Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible.
– Pit"i*ful*ly, adv.
– Pit"i*ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 January 2025
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.