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nounSomeone or something to be pitied.
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Afrikaans foeitog
- foeitogsomeone or something to be pitied
Catalan pobret, pobreta
- pobretsomeone or something to be pitied
- pobretasomeone or something to be pitied
Chinese Mandarin 可憐的人兒 /可怜的人儿, 小可怜
- 可憐的人兒 /可怜的人儿 (kělián de rénr)someone or something to be pitied
- 小可怜 (xiǎo kělián)someone or something to be pitied
Czech chudáček
- chudáčeksomeone or something to be pitied
Dutch stakker
- stakkersomeone or something to be pitied
Finnish raukka, voi sinua
- raukkasomeone or something to be pitied
- voi sinuasomeone or something to be pitied
- voi raukkaasomeone or something to be pitied
- voi ressuasomeone or something to be pitied
- voi rukkaasomeone or something to be pitied
- voi parkaasomeone or something to be pitied
French mon pauvre, ma pauvre
- mon pauvresomeone or something to be pitied
- ma pauvresomeone or something to be pitied
- bichettesomeone or something to be pitied
- miskinesomeone or something to be pitied
German armes Ding
- armes Dingsomeone or something to be pitied
Greek καημένος
- καημένος (kaïménos)someone or something to be pitied
Hungarian szegényke
- szegénykesomeone or something to be pitied
Irish créatúr
- créatúrsomeone or something to be pitied
Italian poverino, poverina
- poverinosomeone or something to be pitied
- poverinasomeone or something to be pitied
- poveracciosomeone or something to be pitied
- poveracciasomeone or something to be pitied
- poverettosomeone or something to be pitied
- poverettasomeone or something to be pitied
Japanese かわいそうに
- かわいそうに (kawaisō ni)someone or something to be pitied
Latvian nabadziņš, nabadzīte
- nabadziņšsomeone or something to be pitied
- nabadzītesomeone or something to be pitied
Polish biedak, biedaczka
- biedaksomeone or something to be pitied
- biedaczkasomeone or something to be pitied
- biedactwosomeone or something to be pitied
- biedulasomeone or something to be pitied
Portuguese pobrezinho, tadinho
- pobrezinhosomeone or something to be pitied
- tadinhosomeone or something to be pitied
- coitadinhosomeone or something to be pitied
Russian бедня́га, бедня́жка
- бедня́га (bednjága)someone or something to be pitied
- бедня́жка (bednjážka)someone or something to be pitied
- бе́дный (bédnyj)someone or something to be pitied
- бе́дная (bédnaja)someone or something to be pitied
- бе́дненький (bédnenʹkij)someone or something to be pitied
- бе́дненькая (bédnenʹkaja)someone or something to be pitied
Spanish pobrecito, pobrecillo
- pobrecitosomeone or something to be pitied
- pobrecillosomeone or something to be pitied
Swedish stackare
- stackaresomeone or something to be pitied
Ukrainian бідня́га, бідня́ка
- бідня́га (bidnjáha)someone or something to be pitied
- бідня́ка (bidnjáka)someone or something to be pitied
- бідола́ха (bidoláxa)someone or something to be pitied
- небора́к (neborák)someone or something to be pitied
- небора́ка (neboráka)someone or something to be pitied
Urdu بیچارہ
- بیچارہ (becārā)someone or something to be pitied
Cite this entry
APA
poor thing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poor%20thing
MLA
“poor thing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poor%20thing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poor thing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poor%20thing.
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