Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

żałosny in English:

1. doleful


a doleful song about lost love
A doleful expression in her face made it clear how unhappy she was.

English word "żałosny"(doleful) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "The Setons" (O. Douglas)
Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (Robert Bridges)
Fiszki z książki - "The Yellow Rose" (Mór Jókai)
Fiszki z książki - "Excuse Me!" (Rupert Hughes)
Fiszki z książki - "Summer" (Dallas Lore Sharp)

2. piteous


She was in a piteous state.
He looked piteous, like a drowned mouse.
After the accident our car was in a piteous condition

English word "żałosny"(piteous) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (Muriel Stuart)
Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (Nora May French)
Fiszki z książki - "Fables" (Sir Ronald Ross)
Fiszki z książki - "Wailing Wall" (Roger Dee)
Fiszki z książki - "My Little Boy" (Carl Ewald)

3. plaintive


She shot me plaintive looks with her beady teen eyes.
They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls.2. Her voice was small and plaintive.3. Why don't we do something?' Davis asked plaintively

English word "żałosny"(plaintive) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (S. C. Mercer)
Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (Matilda Betham)
Fiszki z książki - "Psyche" (Louis Couperus)
Fiszki z książki - "Summer" (Dallas Lore Sharp)
Fiszki z książki - "Patience" (James W. Alexander)

4. pitiful


The pitiful sight moved us to tears.
The little girl, deeply moved by the old man's pitiful story, burst into tears.
He's unlucky to a pitiful extent.

English word "żałosny"(pitiful) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Whiskaboom" (Alan Arkin)
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Fiszki z książki - "Ballad of the Lost Hare" (Marg...
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Fiszki z książki - "What became of Them? and, The ...

5. pitiable


As a parent I was in a truly pitiable state.
He was a pitiable spectacle of neglect and wretchedness as he sat there on an upturned pail, eating his bread and cheese with fingers that, like his clothing, were grimed with paint and dirt.

English word "żałosny"(pitiable) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Father Sergius" (Leo Tolstoy)
Fiszki z książki - "Indian Home Rule" (M. K. Gandhi)
Fiszki z książki - "Artful Anticks" (Oliver Herford)
Fiszki z książki - "The Bombardment of Reims" (Bar...
Fiszki z książki - "Minnie's Pet Monkey" (Madeline...

6. lamentable


The UN negotiators, who are scheduled to leave the country tomorrow morning, described his attitude as "lamentable".

English word "żałosny"(lamentable) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "War is Kind" (Stephen Crane)
Fiszki z książki - "The Snowball" (Stanley J. Weyman)
Fiszki z książki - "Reincarnations" (James Stephens)
Fiszki z książki - "A Book of Ballads, Volume 4" (...
Fiszki z książki - "Signora Fantastici" (Madame de...

7. miserable


She felt miserable.
1. She's miserable living on her own. 2. Miserable weather. / What a miserable existence! How could anyone live in such awful conditions? / 3. The book was a miserable failure.
but most mohandas's work was in Ollivant's court and he felt miserable and helpless
So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.
She was looking miserable sitting in the middle of this snowstorm, so I threw a small coin at her.
It's absolutely miserable outside; cold, wet rain is no good for drinking beer on the plaza with your friends.
Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of people have made their friends very miserable.
I had tried to avoid thinking that as much as possible but as soon as I faced it I started to feel miserable.
miserable ​weather; When I'm ​feeling miserable I go ​shopping and ​spoil myself - a ​couple of new ​dresses always make me ​feel ​better.
The definition of miserable is someone or something that is unhappy, suffering or in a condition of misery, or something that is bad or inferior.
Let's face it – travelling by car or by public transport can be really miserable!
You are miserable coz you don't have money but you have something you can't buy- a family. Appreciate this.
"I don't want to make him miserable, I want to put him on his guard!" retorted Mr. Weasley.

English word "żałosny"(miserable) occurs in sets:

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8. pathetic


We could not bear to listen to the sick child's pathetic cries.
Tom thinks that eating at a restaurant by himself is pathetic.
That’s the most pathetic excuse I’ve ever heard.
He asked her out even though he knew she isn't single. It's pathetic.
You know you're in pathetic shape when you can't even do one chin-up.
Or rather, is it not just pathetic that I think such whiny thoughts like this?
The Japanese people, thinking only of running away in such times, are pathetic.
His behavoiur is pathetic.
It was pathetic
e.g. Seeing the pathetic little kitten so frightened and hungry, made us feel very sad.
He made a rather pathetic attempt to apologize.
Seeing the pathetic little kitten so frightened and hungry, made us feel very sad
Her pathetic performance made everyone laugh.
I'm sick of your pathetic excuses!
Waste your pathetic life.

English word "żałosny"(pathetic) occurs in sets:

elementy wiedzy o krajach angielskiego obszaru jęz...
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Cechy charakteru
false friends

9. pitied


It feels horrible to be pitied.
Some pitied them.
An interesting record is still preserved of the inhuman cruelties which were inflicted on this admirable young woman in the secret of the prison house where no eye pitied her and where no friendly hand composed her aching limbs.
Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are to be pitied rather than ridiculed.

English word "żałosny"(pitied) occurs in sets:

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