痛ましい

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching

Meaning

  1. adj-i
    pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad; hurtful

Example sentences

  • We could not bear to listen to the sick child's pathetic cries.

  • He was painfully thin.

  • Even the most graceful and imposing existing buildings may now be so sadly diminished as to seem slightly ridiculous beside the monster.